NSA Vs. Your Smartphone: 5 Facts

InformationWeek: Is your smartphone a sitting duck for government intelligence agencies?

Fears about the security afforded by smartphones rose sharply over the weekend, after excerpts of documents leaked by National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed that the agency has successfully retrieved data from a number of different makes and models of smartphones. A report published Saturday by Der Spiegel outlined some of those capabilities.

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