Mobile ads can hijack your phone and steal your contacts
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Mobile ads can hijack your phone and steal your contacts

San Francisco : CA : USA | Jul 10, 2012 at 2:41 AM PDT
Source: CNN
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Those pesky pop-up ads from the '90s are back, but this time they're holding your smartphone hostage. Tens of thousands of smartphone apps are running ads from rogue advertising networks that change smartphone settings and take contact information without permission, according to a new study released... FULL ARTICLE AT CNN
 
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