https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/ News and opinions about security, the internet and more Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 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.

]]> https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 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!

]]> https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/16/palm-defends-tracking-pre-user-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 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.

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