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April 26, 2011 08:52 pm PDT
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Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects location data on Windows Phone 7 users
Over at CNET, Declan McCullagh has an item up on the fact that Microsoft also collects records of the whereabouts of people who use its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. In recent weeks, we've blogged about controversy surrounding the revelation that Apple collects physical location data for iPhone and iPad users, and that Google does too, for Android users. Snip from CNET piece: Windows Phone 7, supported by manufacturers including Dell, HTC, LG, Nokia, and Samsung, transmits to Microsoft a miniature data dump including a unique device ID, details about nearby Wi-Fi networks, and the phone's GPS-derived exact latitude and longitude. A Microsoft representative was not immediately able to answer questions that CNET posed this afternoon, including how long the location histories are stored and how frequently the phone's coordinates are transmitted over the Internet. Windows Phone currently claims about a 6 percent market share but, according to IDC, will capture about 21 percent by 2015 thanks to Microsoft's partnership with Nokia. Microsoft does say, however, that location histories are not saved directly on the device. That's different from Apple's practice of recording the locations of visible cell towers on iPhone and iPad devices, which can result in more than a year's worth of data being quietly logged. Google's approach, by contrast, records only the last few dozen locations on Android phones. Microsoft collects locations of Windows phone users (CNET News)...
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