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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T13:34:29.000Z",
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    "TechCrunch – 23 Apr 26",
    "Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone...",
    "Bad Connection: Uncovering Global Telecom Exploitation by Covert Surveillance Actors - The Citizen Lab"
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  "textContent": "TechCrunch – 23 Apr 26\n\n### Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone...\n\nThe Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.\n\nEst. reading time: 5 minutes\n\nfull research Bad Connection: Uncovering Global Telecom Exploitation by Covert Surveillance Actors - The Citizen Lab",
  "title": "Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations"
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