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Lawsuit Claims Windows Phone 7 Spies On Users
jfruhlinger writes "Microsoft wants to emulate the success of the iPhone, but they probably didn't want to follow in Apple's footsteps this way: a class action lawsuit claims that Windows Phone 7 is collecting location data on users, even when they request that it stop. But a look at the internals shows that Microsoft might not be acting as Big Brother-ish as it appears."
...that the "7" in Windows Phone 7 referred to the number of users?
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Smartphone, dumbphone, anyphone - if it's connected, SOMEONE (OS vendor, Carrier, Sowtware) is logging activity & location. At a minimum the cell signal is triangulated to get your location. "to provide better service" meh.
If you don't like it, don't use 'em.
Umm. Yes, the phone company has to know where you are. Now please explain why the folks who made the phone need to know?
Sadly for MS, the number of people who have made that joke outnumber Windows Phone 7 owners 100:1 at least.
But without a complete set of facts one must make an assumption.
No, without a complete set of facts, you go looking for a complete set of facts. Making assumptions is what everybody expects you to do, and it leads to people only feeding you partial information in an attempt to guide you towards a specific assumption.
I'm Rocco. I'm the +5 Funny man.