http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations News and opinions about security, the internet and more Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Joey Hess Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:34:46 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=1477#comment-2370 No, disabling "background data collection" does not disable Palm's er, background data collection. No, disabling “background data collection” does not disable Palm’s er, background data collection.

]]> http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 martin Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:42:58 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=1477#comment-2364 @Steb0ne You are absolutely right; you can turn off the "feature", but naming the option "background data collection" doesn't exactly make it obvious this is actually uploading your location to Palm's servers. Anyway, I interpreted the language in their privacy policy as saying "we'll get your location data when you use a location-based service"... I'm sure that Palm is not the only one collecting this kind of data though! @Steb0ne You are absolutely right; you can turn off the “feature”, but naming the option “background data collection” doesn’t exactly make it obvious this is actually uploading your location to Palm’s servers. Anyway, I interpreted the language in their privacy policy as saying “we’ll get your location data when you use a location-based service”… I’m sure that Palm is not the only one collecting this kind of data though!

]]> http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Steb0ne Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:31:46 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=1477#comment-2363 How is that statement not clear? I guess they need to break it down for people who can't understand what they mean. I certainly understood... In fact you have the option of agreeing or not when you 1st activate it. And there is an option to turn it off if you want to. How is that statement not clear? I guess they need to break it down for people who can’t understand what they mean. I certainly understood… In fact you have the option of agreeing or not when you 1st activate it. And there is an option to turn it off if you want to.

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