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Old 04-27-2011, 04:10 AM
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04...ation_tracking

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Add Microsoft Windows Phone 7 to the list of mobile operating systems that silently transmit the precise physical location of the device back to a central database.

CNET reported the location tracking on Monday, almost a week after reports of similar tracking in Apple's iPhone and Google's Android mobile OS raised concerns that smartphones could be used by police, civil litigants, or abusive spouses to track an owner's movements over extended periods of time. [more]
No surprise at all!!

Im glad i dont own even a basic cell phone! (I havent ever liked any of this newer stuff,its all spying garbage)
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:23 AM
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Re: Windows phones send user location to Microsoft
not even the same thing. read this article instead Windows Phone 7 enters the location-data collection controversy | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

nice try troll.
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:01 PM
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nice try troll.
Im not a troll..... I am fed up with Privacy being taken away!
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Old 04-27-2011, 04:03 PM
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Windows phones send user location to Microsoft ? The Register

No surprise at all!!

Im glad i dont own even a basic cell phone! (I havent ever liked any of this newer stuff,its all spying garbage)
I had all the spyware junk removed from my phone..it saves battery life too >.> lol

But everyone is doing it, sprint, verizon, he manufacturers, the software vendors...
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Im not a troll..... I am fed up with Privacy being taken away!
obviously u haven't read the article I posted. otherwise ud know that no privacy is being compromised
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Old 04-28-2011, 12:09 AM
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I had all the spyware junk removed from my phone..it saves battery life too >.> lol

But everyone is doing it, sprint, verizon, he manufacturers, the software vendors...

....and when they aren't most everyone else does it voluntarily via Twitter,Facebook,4 Square ect.
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easy eric on the name calling please, just prove him wrong and be done.
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Im not a troll..... I am fed up with Privacy being taken away!
This must be getting transmitted from his cave in Pakistan. I guess this guy does not know that you can be tracked through your internet connection. LOL. So why don't you cancel that and make us all happy.
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easy eric on the name calling please, just prove him wrong and be done.
troll is an insult? it just seemed kinda trollish to me
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troll is an insult? it just seemed kinda trollish to me
to me it is and seems to op also, its just so easy to prove him wrong with links ect. and call him op or something like that, i said "please" lol
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