In the presidential debates and primary campaigns, how many times did you see someone say that this is a major issue? I can definitely point to presidential hopefuls making the opposite point, however.
Forgive me if more time reading would have made this comment irrelevant. Will be coming back to this thread later and reading more.
I'd agree with the above poster, your article is mostly irrelevant if otherwise interesting. I will say a lot has been said about phone plants previously, but your article isn't about that really.
Did you read the link you posted? Because I read it, and his skimming is 100% accurate. The article talks about Angry Birds, Facebook, google maps, and other social apps leaking personal data by transmitting it over the internet and being intercepted. Completely different from the new BBC article.