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iPhone or iSpy?

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As new details emerge about the tracking features embedded in smartphones, consumers are starting to wonder: what information about my whereabouts is being collected? How is it used? Who has access to it? And why didn’t I know about it?

Guests:

Kara Swisher, co-executive editor of All Things Digital, a website devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media

Jackie Speier, U.S. congresswoman (D) representing California's 12th District

Jim Dempsey, vice president for public policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a civil liberties group which works to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies

Peter Batty, vice president of geospatial technology for Ubisense

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