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According to these court documents, turning your phone on is consent to being tracked

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In 2014, Baltimore Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Kerron Andrews for attempted murder. To find him, law enforcement requested a pen register to record his location data and all outgoing phone calls. The request, however, didn’t ask about using a Hailstorm (a type of Stingray — a bulk collection device meant to intercept data meant for cell towers) to collect this data. The police used it anyway. Warrantless bulk collection by use of a Stingray isn’t anything new. The secrecy is often due to an NDA (like this one) between law enforcement and the FBI itself. After learning about…

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Should We Change The Trial Period?

I came across a few new prototypes apps that I wanted to try. *15 days Trial* seemed okay, so I signed up. But I am a busy guy, and I totally forgot. So the two weeks went by, and I never went back. Wouldn’t be better if I get a certain amount of hours that I can try the app regardless of the date? What do you think?

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Turn your thoughts into 3D images with WordsEye

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WordsEye is a Web and mobile app that can turn your written text into a 3D image. Featured on Product Hunt this week, its creator says the idea came from the fact that 3D artists can make pretty much anything they imagine, while the rest of us aren’t as well equipped. WordsEye opens up that possibility to the non-artist and uses natural language processing to make the 3D scenes. All a user has to do is describe what they’d like to see.   You can create serious imagery for projects or prototypes or just use it as a fun tool…

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