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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

More than just photos were exposed

It's not just nude photographs victims of the celebrity iCloud leak have to worry about being accessed - it's their GPS co-ordinates, private text messages, calendars, address books, phone call logs and any other data stored on their phones and backed up.

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