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TreasonousBastard

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4. Sure could-- my Android flashlight apps keep giving me little popups and links...

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2017, 10:02 AM

Feb 2017

and Here's Snopes' take on it:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/flashlight.asp

Bad enough if Amazon wants to steal my data, but Russians stealing White House guest data? Or, worse, White House employee data?

(Remember all that flack over Obama's Blackberry?)

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Did I recently read about hacks into "flashlight apps" on phones? [View all] annabanana Feb 2017 OP

That would just be silly... brooklynite Feb 2017 #1

yes... lapfog_1 Feb 2017 #2

There are hacks into everything right now ksoze Feb 2017 #3

Sure could-- my Android flashlight apps keep giving me little popups and links... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #4

good idea, maybe that way we can find out what russia is up to! unblock Feb 2017 #5

It's not a hack into flashlight apps, Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2017 #6