Phones and Apps : How to stop robocalls, block numbers on your iPhone, Android and even landline

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How to stop robocalls, block numbers on your iPhone, Android and even landline


https://news.yahoo.com/stop-robocalls-block-numbers-iphone-110007618.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

How to stop robocalls, block numbers on your iPhone, Android and even landline

You have a whole arsenal of smartphone tools at your disposal: Block numbers, Do Not Disturb mode, and apps can help end this telephonic pestilence.

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Kim Komando
USA TODAY

 

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Why is the robocall plague getting worse every year?


This is why the rising number of robocall complaints is alarming, it's a plague that the world can do without. But is relief in sight? If anything, the robocall problem is just getting worse each year...

https://www.komando.com/happening-now/505452/robocalls-are-getting-worse-every-year

Why is the robocall plague getting worse every year?

If you are like me, you get plenty of spam ca…

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By Francis Navarro, Komando.com

 

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How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones

In a novel melding of physical and cybercrime, hackers, thieves, and even independent repair companies are finding ways to "unlock iCloud" from iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyq8v/how-to-unlock-icloud-stolen-iphone
The iCloud security feature has likely cut down on the number of iPhones that have been stolen, but enterprising criminals have found ways to remove iCloud in order to resell devices. To do this, they phish the phone’s original owners, or scam employees at Apple Stores, which have the ability to override iCloud locks...

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How to stop your smartphone from tracking your every move, sharing data and sending ads


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stop-smartphone-tracking-every-move-110002453.html

How to stop your smartphone from tracking your every move, sharing data and sending ads

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and many others make money off mobile ads, and they need this information to power data mining machines.

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Kim Komando
USA TODAY

 

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They aren't called smartphones for nothing


Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in


https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-campaign-tech-privacy-20190220-story.html

Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in

Unbeknownst to most Americans, political operations can tap information from their phones to reveal where they have been, what they have bought and even who they might have met.

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By EVAN HALPER