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    Nearly 60 percent of girls disable location-tracking on their mobile devices, new report finds

    Some 26 percent uninstalled an app after discovering it was collecting some of their personal information, and 46 percent say they have disabled location-tracking on their devices due to privacy concerns. Girls lead the anti-location tracking trend, with 59 percent of teen girls turning off the feature, versus 37 percent of boys.
    According to the report, the teens are avoiding location-tracking due to concerns that companies would be able to access information on their phones. But another possible explanation may give parents pause: "Some of the people they are concerned about may be their own parents.
    http://www.darkreading.com/privacy/r...onli/240160345



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    Danke remotely re-activates location tracking on their phones.



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