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CIA director David Petraeus was forced to step down from his position after an FBI investigation revealed an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Curiously, the revelation of the affair came about using location data from Gmail. Here’s how the FBI put together the pieces — and how you can avoid a similar privacy […]