A flawed tracking app at Albion college appears to have had some major privacy issues until it was patched. But shows that something potentially rushed could end up revealing information that should not be available for any low rate hacker to access. As these apps are used on campuses to track college students one will have to ask when is enough.

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* –4 brothers targeted Amazon in a fraud scheme

* How to identify and block devices on your router

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* -Weather Channel’s location data settlement 

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* –10 ways to get more out of your Mac

* –Blackberry Android phones are coming back

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