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Microsoft Exposes Locations of PCs and Phones
suraj.sun sends this excerpt from CNET:
"Microsoft has collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices around the world and makes them available on the Web without taking the privacy precautions that competitors have, CNET has learned. The vast database available through Live.com publishes the precise geographical location, which can point to a street address and sometimes even a corner of a building, of Android phones, Apple devices, and other Wi-Fi enabled gadgets. Unlike Google and Skyhook Wireless, which have compiled similar lists of these unique Wi-Fi addresses, Microsoft has not taken any measures to curb access to its database."
Sharing your personal information is part of Microsoft's efforts to be more open.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Their security consultant, Mark Zuckerberg, said it was OK.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Google: I caused a screwup.
Microsoft: That's not a screwup. THIS is a screwup!
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
So that's not a problem. Microsoft phones are only seen at the mobile phone shops, and most of them with a mockup sticker instead of a live screen anyway.
At least here in europe. I'm yet to see a single windows phone in the wild.