The story of their trysting is ominously slim, and the final switch of location to Cuba feels like a slightly desperate, if strongly flavored, shot of the exotic.

NEWYORKER: Yes

Mr Coney said commercial software, known as spyware, was available that could take copies of everything on a phone, log its location and switch on any of its components.

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His comments came a few days after Apple was flooded with complaints about its switch from Google Maps to its own location-mapping software.

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