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When Twitter Followers Can Track a Lost Phone

Clip: 8/3/2012 | 6m 28s

Privacy in a Digital Age: When Twitter Followers Can Track a Lost Phone

When New York Times tech reporter David Pogue lost his iPhone, he turned to his 1.4 million Twitter followers for help. And the online crowd responded, tracking his phone down in just a few hours. Though the story had a happy ending, the experience revealed real questions about modern privacy. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

08/03/2012

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