In another talk at Black Hat, researchers Don Bailey and Nick Depetrillo showed how they were able to take bits and pieces of mobile information (such as the IMSI), Caller Display Name (CNAM) and the Home Location Register (HLR) to put together a mobile White Pages that would allow them to stalk someone.

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In a note to investors earlier this week, Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey wrote that his checks with contract manufacturers don't show any major new hardware platforms on the way.

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"The biggest social issue is violence in the home, because men don't understand relationships with women, " said Mr Bailey, who advises the Tories' Social Justice Policy Group, under former leader Iain Duncan Smith.

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