Palm Pre kicks privacy square in the jewels

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited September 2009 in Science & Tech
Palm Pre kicks privacy square in the jewels

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  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    When will companies learn that collecting and relaying any information about a consumer without blindingly obviousnotification is a Very Bad Ideaâ„¢?

    Well, that's an easy one: They won't. As evidenced by the myriad privacy infringing items that tech people come across on a daily basis.

    It doesn't surprise me that they did this. It even doesn't surprise me that they got caught doing it.

    Software/hardware/media companies have shown a proven track record of "Sure, put it in. It's not like they'll notice."
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    iPhone

    Kindle

    Pre

    I'm betting our cars will start phoning home speeds and locations soon.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    iPhone
    I'm betting our cars will start phoning home speeds and locations soon.

    Some rental car companies have already tried this. Even to the extent of serving renters with 'speeding tickets' when they turn in the car.
  • Daniel
    edited August 2009
    Nice job Palm. It was nice knowing ya. Too bad you did something stupid and we had to break up.

    I'll stop by and drop a Zire on your tombstone.
  • djmephdjmeph Detroit Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    ...Sooo Palm knows where I've been?

    :eek:
  • djmephdjmeph Detroit Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    I was just looking through the settings and it appears that the "feature can be turned off
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    djmeph wrote:
    I was just looking through the settings and it appears that the "feature can be turned off

    That's fine and dandy, but the crux of the issue is that it should be the other way around.

    It should ship with it turned off, giving the user the option to turn it on.
  • djmephdjmeph Detroit Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    I still haven't turned it off. I really don't care. I mean, I use Gmail. I know what I'm getting into.
  • lmorchardlmorchard {web,mad,computer} scientist Portland, OR Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    FWIW: Other phones do this, if only by way of cell tower triangulation. It just happens to be really easy to get full access to logs and internals of the Pre.
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