http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04...ation_tracking

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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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.

Im not a troll..... I am fed up with Privacy being taken away!

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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...

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obviously u haven't read the article I posted. otherwise ud know that no privacy is being compromised

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....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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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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troll is an insult? it just seemed kinda trollish to me

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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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it does say they collect GPS data, so you never know what they're doing with it

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Yeah, if only it was true, it would be even more terrifying.

Are you the same awesome dude on dslr? If so, LOL.

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If you check out the PDF on MS response to the location thing

http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.as..._-5.9.2011.pdf

you can see that

"2. Observing Location Only When the User Needs It. Microsoft only collects
information to help determine a phone’s approximate location if (a) the user has
allowed an application to access and use location data, and (b) that application
actually requests the location data. If an application does not request location,
Microsoft will not collect location data."

notice on "b" they word it pretty cleverly that if an app requests the location data, it will be "collected" so they do, per this, collect the location when "an app requests it"

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yea but it isn't stored r anything like how iPhone was doing it. what the hell is the big deal about this? ur bank knows everywhere u swipped ur card so should we not do that anymore?

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You should be able to opt out of it if you want.

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u can by turning off location or by hitting cancel when it asks and the apps I have installed have an option to turn location off. u have a wp7 so I don't know how u could be so oblivious to this.

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I am not oblivious to it, but even if you turn off location on your phone they can still get your coordinates by prompting the OS for it if the app makes a request. You can still be triangulated.

Maybe it does not store it locally on the device like iPhones do, but if you are going to use a Cell Phone, you can and are going to be tracked.

That's my point.

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triangulation does not give out exact location

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It gets pretty damn close.

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well Como dice el dicho "lo casi no cuenta" or almost doesn't count.

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I just triangulated my phone on Edge to about one street away from where I was in about 10 seconds.

I'd prefer this kind of data about me not go out unless I specifically say it's ok.

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u can have it not do that if u choose. don't know how many times I said this.