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July 29, 2011 07:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/cYMgIFPf3Uo/Microsoft-Exposes-Locations-of-PCs-and-Phones
Microsoft Exposes Locations of PCs and Phones
suraj.sun sends this excerpt from CNET:"Microsoft has collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices around the world and makes them available on the Web without taking the privacy precautions that competitors have, CNET has learned. The vast database available through Live.com publishes the precise geographical location, which can point to a street address and sometimes even a corner of a building, of Android phones, Apple devices, and other Wi-Fi enabled gadgets. Unlike Google and Skyhook Wireless, which have compiled similar lists of these unique Wi-Fi addresses, Microsoft has not taken any measures to curb access to its database." 
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