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Microsoft Tracks Locations Of Windows Phone Users

Microsoft Windows Phone Tracks Location

First Posted: 04/26/11 10:13 AM ET Updated: 06/26/11 06:12 AM ET

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CNET News:

Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects records of the physical locations of customers who use its mobile operating system.
Windows Phone 7, supported by manufacturers including Dell, HTC, LG, Nokia, and Samsung, transmits to Microsoft a miniature data dump including a unique device ID, details about nearby Wi-Fi networks, and the phone's GPS-derived exact latitude and longitude.

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Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects records of the physical locations of customers who use its mobile operating system. Windows Phone 7, supported by manufacturers including Dell, HTC, LG, Noki...
Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects records of the physical locations of customers who use its mobile operating system. Windows Phone 7, supported by manufacturers including Dell, HTC, LG, Noki...
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shthar
An error (500 Internal Server Error) has occured
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06:10 PM on 04/26/2011
Both of them.
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studioh!
just.words.
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03:03 PM on 04/26/2011
can you hear me now?
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SouthernJewel
That All Important I-4 Corridor in Central FL
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02:51 PM on 04/26/2011
Instead of the info coming out in trickles..
Let's just say that ALL cellphones track you.

Geesh, cellphones have to connect to a cellphone tower to gain a signal every time you place a call or look up information.
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PalaceOfWisdom
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01:41 PM on 04/26/2011
Suddenly the Judas' Priest song Hellion just popped into my head:

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rcthomp
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12:14 PM on 04/26/2011
All of the technology and convenience comes at a cost. Love it or leave it.
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Apathy Man
he who laughts last really didn't get the joke
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11:50 AM on 04/26/2011
This is all becoming a bit to big brotherish for my liking. The fact that the government can get information to track your movement with out a warrant. Added to the fact that this was slipped into the phones with no consent from the users has turned me off from these devices.
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JuanGuapo
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11:11 AM on 04/26/2011
Repeat after me: Microsoft is Evil, Apple is Good.

/sarcasm
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six seven
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09:53 AM on 04/26/2011
Why is HP so biased against Microsoft? Microsoft might have been evil at one time, but compared to recent behavior from Google/Android and Apple they are looking better and better...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384239,00.asp

Microsoft told PCMag unequivocally that phones running Windows Phone 7 do not store location history. Like most other phones, the platform offers plenty of location-based apps, and those apps require user consent before they begin tracking. Windows Phones also offer the common feature of a "global switch" that lets the user disable all location services, and Microsoft says its "Find My Phone" service keeps only the phone's most recent location.
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