Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis

The infotainment system records recent destinations, call logs, contact lists, text messages, emails, pictures, videos, web histories, voice commands and social media feeds. It can also keep track of the phones that have been connected to the vehicle via USB cable or Bluetooth, as well as all the apps installed on the device. […]

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FBI Used Cellular Data To Track Ghislaine Maxwell To Phone Account ‘G Max’ And New Hampshire Hideout

Newly unsealed court documents have reportedly revealed that cellphone data led federal authorities to Ghislaine Maxwell’s secret New England hideout, where she had fled after the arrest of her friend and confidant Jeffrey Epstein. […]

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Defense wants car’s computer evidence thrown out from deadly Bayshore Florida car crash case

Attorneys for the two teens accused of drag racing on Bayshore Boulevard and killing a mother and daughter are trying to get key evidence thrown out. […]

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Facebook Launches New Video Series, Hosted by Post Malone, Exclusively on Messenger and Instagram

Facebook has announced the launch of a new video series, hosted by Post Malone, which it will make exclusively available on Messenger and Instagram via the Watch Together option, which it rolled out back in September. […]

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Charges: Mother drinking, looking at GPS before Cloquet crash that killed 3-year-old

An Onamia, Minnesota, woman allegedly admitted to having multiple drinks and looking at the GPS on her cellphone before she veered off a Cloquet road and killed her 3-year-old son in a crash Sunday afternoon. […]

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California just passed a major privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track people and gather data

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A new law passed by California voters in the November election will set an unprecedented standard for digital privacy in the US, making it harder for big tech companies like Facebook and Google to track people’s data. […]

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Facebook rebuffs Turkey’s controversial social media law

Facebook told Turkish civil society members it would not comply with Ankara’s new social media law over concerns it would limit free speech rights, setting the stage for possible fines and access blocks on the platform as other social media companies consider their options. […]

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