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T-Mobile Bug Reveals Names, Images, and Locations of Random Children


The company claims the issue has been fully resolved.

T-Mobile sells a little-known GPS service called SyncUP, which allows users who are parents to monitor the locations of their children. The outlet notes an outpouring of consternation and concern from web users on social platforms like Reddit and X, many of which claimed to have been impacted. When reached for comment by Gizmodo, a T-Mobile spokesperson told us: “Yesterday we fully resolved a temporary system issue with our SyncUP products that resulted from a planned technology update.

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