The networks were up and running but they were overloaded because too many people wanted to make calls and send pictures all at once.

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Still, Naveh says his firm does physically send people out to gather information all over the world if the situation calls for it.

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It takes about eight weeks to unlock all the sensors, which include gauging how sociable someone is dependent on how many texts they send or calls they make, their movements, location and how much they are interacting with their mobile phones.

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