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Re:Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps by tnorthcutt on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @01:25PM (#3296105)
...if it's 90GB (the upper limit before the recruiter would have been shouting about terabytes)...

A terabyte is 1000GB. Why would they be shouting about terabytes if it were anything over .09 terabytes?

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Re:Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps by Periodic on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @05:10PM (#3297128)
Because that's how recruiter math works. They round to the nearest buzz word.
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Re:Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps by amouat on Thursday December 01, 2011 @04:12AM (#3298941)
Don't you think it's a pretty shaky argument? They're not transferring much data on your phone because of "recruiter math"?

And isn't it likely that some phones are set to transfer more data than others?

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Re:Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps by deserted on Thursday December 01, 2011 @05:32AM (#3299129)
It's likely that of the reported install base, only a small percentage of devices are actually in active use today.
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