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T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful.


T-Mobile has a ridiculous feature in its heavily promoted T-Life iPhone app which sends the firm screen recordings without permission, and by default.

T-Mobile has a ridiculous feature in its heavily promoted T-Life iPhone app which sends the firm screen recordings without permission, and by default. "To help us give customers who use T-Life a smoother experience, we are rolling out a new tool in the app that will help us quickly troubleshoot reported or detected issues," said a T-Mobile spokesperson. That's meant so that users can elect to show T-Mobile support staff when something is wrong, which is what the company claims this new, extra feature is for.

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