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Protecting your privacy if you use a route mapping app

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageRoute mapping apps such as Strava are popular with cyclists, but you need to protect your privacyShutterstock/antb

There are plenty of smartphone apps that can help map your movements as you are driving, cycling, running or just out for a good walk. Many of these apps encourage you to share your route publicly on websites or with friends on social...

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E-cigarettes: too important to be regulated?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

New research published today in the Medical Journal of Australia shows that 9% of New South Wales smokers and recent quitters, and 16% of those aged 18–29, are currently using e-cigarettes. Most of these use them less than weekly, suggesting widespread curiosity use.

As has been repeatedly found overseas, the vast majority of people who vape...

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