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Consumer Alert: Disable GPS Settings on Smartphones and Keep Your Kids Safe!

The GPS on smartphones can tell strangers where you and your child are, where they go to school, among other things.

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Consumer Alert: Disable GPS Settings on Smartphones and Keep Your Kids Safe!

02/02/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley

As many parents do, they take endless amount of photos of their children from their smartphones. But like this article detailed, that activity can be very dangerous if you do not disable your GPS settings. You never know who is watching you and your children, waiting for the right time to do something unspeakable. The scary reality is that this technology privacy loop-hole could be aiding kidnappers and other criminals who could be watching you without you even knowing it.

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