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As the world watches the ongoing saga of Russia’s Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine, pundits and the media have been looking back at the Cold War. Since that era of spies, secret agents, and double agents, technology has come a long way. You no longer need to be a professional to have access to products that allow you to track a person’s whereabouts, ID people, conduct surveillance, analyze computer habits and recover deleted files, identify counterfeit merchandise, and even find out how much your boss paid for his house.
But while you can do all this DIY sleuthing, should you? Although all of this technology at your fingertips is helpful and convenient if used for good, there’s also a fine line between nosy and nefarious. You be the judge.
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