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  2. US cell carrier Assist Wireless exposed thousands of customer IDs

    techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/assist-wireless...

    U.S. cell carrier Assist Wireless left tens of thousands of personal customer documents on its website by mistake. Assist provides free government-subsidized cell phones to low-income households ...

  3. This is how to respond to a data breach - TechCrunch

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    Last week, Assist Wireless, a U.S. cell carrier that provides free government-subsidized cell phones and plans to low-income households, had a security lapse that exposed tens of thousands of ...

  4. Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here's how to ...

    techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/remove-android-spyware

    If you do not recognize a downloaded service in the Accessibility options, you may want to switch it off in the settings and remove the app. Some stalkerware apps are disguised as ordinary looking ...

  5. Assurance Wireless - Wikipedia

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    Assurance Wireless USA, L.P.[ 1] is a telephone service subsidized by the federal Lifeline Assistance program, a government benefit program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. The service provides to low-income eligible people a free phone, [ 2][ 3] free monthly data, unlimited texting, and free monthly minutes.

  6. The legal loophole that lets the government search your phone

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    The problem isn’t just the state of local law either, but it’s embedded in the Constitution. As Diane Akerman, digital forensics attorney at the Legal Aid Society explained, the Fourth ...

  7. Wireless Emergency Alerts - Wikipedia

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    Wireless Emergency Alerts ( WEA, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System ( CMAS ), and prior to that as the Personal Localized Alerting Network ( PLAN )), [ 1] is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile devices such as cell phones and pagers. Organizations are able to disseminate ...

  8. Lifeline (FCC program) - Wikipedia

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    Lifeline is the Federal Communications Commission 's program, established in 1985, intended to make communications services more affordable for low-income consumers. Lifeline provides subscribers a discount on monthly telephone service purchased from participating providers in the marketplace. Subscribers can also purchase discounted broadband ...

  9. The FBI's phone for criminals included a custom version of ...

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    The phones the FBI sold to crooks for a sting operation weren't just running a custom app — it appears the operating system was also tweaked for those goals. Motherboard has obtained one of the ...