Apple sued over iPad and iPhone app 'data leaks'

Apple sued over iPad and iPhone app 'data leaks'
The BBC article doesn't mention it, but it would be helpful to know what personal data is being captured by web-based companies etc. In the wrong hands captured personal data for MSISDN could be used, by pinging from the internet, to cache polled MSISDNs for their IMSIs etc.  The equipment is out there to do it and has been for many years.

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Linux - out-of-memory (L-OOM)

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Solid State Drives will Ruin Forensics

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Forensic Focus Interviews

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