The issue focused on how to use a smartphone to get around the security and privacy concerns of Google's own apps and devices.

The privacy and security community has long worried that Apple devices are vulnerable to malware and hacking. In October, the National Security Agency announced it was using a backdoor to spy on people's phones. Apple has since added an app that allows users to block access to the software. The United States is now the world's sixth-largest consumer of oil imports, and that figure is expected