Is data privacy just a dream?

Data Privacy Day brings reflection on our security sins, but it's hard to find a perfect protector of data. Even Blackphone's extra-encrypted Slient Text app was found with a security flaw.

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Jan. 28, 2015 1:00 p.m. PT

Privacy is dead. Long live Data Privacy Day!

Data Privacy seems like an oxymoron these days, but nevertheless, this episode of CNET Update reflects on a few steps you can take to protect your privacy. Keep in mind nothing is hack-proof, as evidenced by a security flaw found in Blackphone's encrypted Slient Text app:

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Also in this roundup, learn about the latest duet from Sony and Spotify, and how AT&T may be looking to create a service similar to Sling TV.

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Is data privacy just a dream?

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