Apple & Google Admitted They Use PC to Collect User' Location Infornation
About 2 weeks ago, Two researcher (Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden) found rencenly that Apple iPhones and 3G iPads running iOS 4 might be tracking their owners' movements.,this may be Apple's the most serious privacy violations by far. And
Google and Apple executives said they are not only using mobile devices to collect and store user s' location information, but also used the PC to carry out similar activities. Apple Wi-Fi access through part of the network of Mac computers to collect user information, Google Chrome is installed with the browser and search bar, and link Wi-Fi network to a computer to collect thesee information.
After the CT scanner is available to the surrounding area Wi-Fi network, the two companies will collect user information, and usually this will get the approved through the user.
A Google product manager said this information in an interview, and this news are leaked by Apple executives who are sending a letter to federal legislators in the United States revealed the news.
In most cases, the user will first obtain permission from to collect nearby wireless networks and network user information, , but sometimes not clearly disclosed data storage and use. Apple Mac computers in the user will be set to automatically display the local time, some Mac location information will be sent to Apple.
Both companies said they will collect information anonymously and will not match with the specific user.
Last week there were reports that Apple and Google are using mobile phone operating system on a regular basis to collect the user's location information.
Maybe I just wonder whether the two companies got the permission from federal legislators? If they didn't get the permission before using the device to collect the user's infornation, what's the consequence? They will get punshiment? Your tablet pc also will be tracked by device, would you like to buy it?
And why we had no idea about this before? They this news is discovered only after somebody else discover it?
Anyhow they didn't do perfectly, they left so much thing for us to discuss about. This is quite a good story for other company to avoid this kind of question, and find ways to avoid this things happened again.
Google and Apple executives said they are not only using mobile devices to collect and store user s' location information, but also used the PC to carry out similar activities. Apple Wi-Fi access through part of the network of Mac computers to collect user information, Google Chrome is installed with the browser and search bar, and link Wi-Fi network to a computer to collect thesee information.
After the CT scanner is available to the surrounding area Wi-Fi network, the two companies will collect user information, and usually this will get the approved through the user.
A Google product manager said this information in an interview, and this news are leaked by Apple executives who are sending a letter to federal legislators in the United States revealed the news.
In most cases, the user will first obtain permission from to collect nearby wireless networks and network user information, , but sometimes not clearly disclosed data storage and use. Apple Mac computers in the user will be set to automatically display the local time, some Mac location information will be sent to Apple.
Both companies said they will collect information anonymously and will not match with the specific user.
Last week there were reports that Apple and Google are using mobile phone operating system on a regular basis to collect the user's location information.
Maybe I just wonder whether the two companies got the permission from federal legislators? If they didn't get the permission before using the device to collect the user's infornation, what's the consequence? They will get punshiment? Your tablet pc also will be tracked by device, would you like to buy it?
And why we had no idea about this before? They this news is discovered only after somebody else discover it?
Anyhow they didn't do perfectly, they left so much thing for us to discuss about. This is quite a good story for other company to avoid this kind of question, and find ways to avoid this things happened again.
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