The Big Brother in your pocket: How a US company secretly tracks and rates half of the world's mobile users

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By Andrey MeshkovJul 13, 2023, 9:49 am211 pts
Imagine a hidden system that tracks and scores you based on every phone call you make or take. It might sound like something straight out of a Black Mirror episode and remind you of China's controversial social credit system. But surprisingly, half of the world's mobile phone users are already part of a similar…

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