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The Ghost in Your Phone (Throwback)
['Ramtin Arablouei Rund Abdelfatah Lawrence Wu Julie Caine Cristina Kim Devin Katayama Anya Steinberg Casey Miner Peter Balonon-Rosen', 'Ramtin Arablouei', 'Rund Abdelfatah', 'Lawrence Wu', 'Julie Caine', 'Cristina Kim', 'Devin Katayama', 'Anya Steinberg', 'Casey Miner', 'Peter Balonon-Rosen']
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Enlarge this image JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images And they're just two of thousands, cramped so close together it's hard to move, all facing down the mountain of cobalt stone.Cobalt mining is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. More than three-quarters of the world's cobalt supply lies in the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose abundant resources have drawn greed and grifters for centuries.