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'If you have a cell phone, you are holding a piece of Israel'

Israel tracks GPS on smartphones for assassinations

A recent report revealed that AppCloud, an Israeli application developed by IronSource, comes pre-installed on certain Samsung devices, particularly Galaxy A and Galaxy M models, and cannot be fully removed. The app automatically collects user data, including location, device fingerprints, and IP addresses.

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Yes, multiple reports from digital rights groups like SMEX and tech sites confirm AppCloud, developed by IronSource, is pre-installed on some Samsung Galaxy A and M models in regions like MENA. It collects data such as location, IP, and device info, and is difficult to fully remove. Samsung hasn't publicly addressed these specific claims.

Apple had been in China for years without a single leak. But for the past few years, they'd been running operations in India to supposedly spread out the risks.

What happened? The Indians leaked all the data for the iPhone 18. But don't think of it as some minor leak. They leaked everything you can imagine. In the leak from the Tata group, they straight-up uploaded 630 GB of core data for the iPhone 18 Pro (including supplier names, base prices, full engineering drawings) directly to the dark web.

Back in the day, the most you'd get from Foxconn workers was a few blurry case photos. The Indians basically shared the iPhone 18's DNA. It's like a joke, but 200,000 files were shared.

It's such a massive leak that people are even joking that Huawei could bring the iPhone 18 to market in a few days with this info.

Apple wanted to de-risk, but India turned into the risk itself.