Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats

Verizon's attempt — unsuccessful so far — to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their sets, capped another challenging year for privacy advocates.

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