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Lawsuit Claims Windows Phone 7 Spies On Users

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 1, 2011 @11:59AM from the stop-looking-at-me dept.

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."

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Re:I'd be surprised if this was intentional by RightSaidFred99 · 2011-09-01 14:38 · Score: 1, Redundant

Expect a few hilarious "You and (lololo) the OTHER WP7 phone user (lololol/smirk)" comments to follow your comments. Personally I hope WP7 takes off just to wipe the smug, knowing grins off their stupid faces.