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Forget the NSA: Your Gadgets Are Spying on You

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Recent headlines about PRISM, the U.S. government program that allows security officials to spy on people's Internet activity, confirm what conspiracy theorists have long been foretelling: Big Brother is watching.

But is the government the only entity keeping tabs on what you search for, watch and discuss with friends? The truth is, there are others out there — businesses, advertisers, scammers — hoping to line their pockets by collecting your personal data.

And they have a variety of tools at their disposal to gather the information they need — tools you might even have with you right now. That's right: Everything from the smartphone in your pocket to the television in your bedroom can potentially be used to spy on you.

Here are some ordinary gadgets with serious spy potential. Read more…

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Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo Make Similar PRISM Denials

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Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Apple are denying reports they give the National Security Agency and FBI secret "back door" access to their servers in a program called PRISM.

The companies' statements closely match one another and allow a notable degree of semantic wiggle room.

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