You may think you’re carrying a cell phone around in your pocket or purse, but what you’re really carry is a GPS-emitting device that allows you to be tracked–not only where you go, but what you buy, where and when you buy it, how much money you have in the bank, whom you text and e-mail, what websites you visit, and even what time you go to sleep and wake up. And that data is shared with companies that use it to offer you services and items they think you want.
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The silent drone that may be tracking you can stay on the job forever. It’s like a permanent closed circuit camera, except it’s not mounted in the local liquor store but it’s following you around. Is there any way to fight back?

The electric version of Lockheed Martin’s Stalker has a battery that usually lasts just two hours, but in a recent test, a laser power system wirelessly recharged a drone battery in midair for 24 times as long.
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Spying is not only going on at the Olympics (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), it’s RAMPANT.

France is using the internet to check out the competition. Someone from the US cycling team secretly rode the competition course in London for this summer’s Olympic Games with a three-dimensional mapping device so the Americans could build and train on a replica of it.

The US sailing team has bought property near the Olympic competition site in Weymouth, UK in order to study the weather and current conditions before the games.
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