[mythtv-users] OT: Google - big brother? or I going mad?

[Andrew C. Stadt]

  On 01/10/2010 8:32 PM, Another Sillyname wrote:
> On 2 October 2010 00:28, Damian<myth at surr.co.uk>  wrote:
>>   Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks for all the feedback on this. I don't feel like I'm alone with my
>> suspicions now! At the same time, maybe I could use an Android phone if I
>> was careful with it? I was worried that they were taking Linux onto a phone
>> and then using it to scrape every ounce of date from the that they could. I
>> still feel uneasy about that.
>>
>> Damian
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> I think getting an Android phone is an excellent idea.....
>
> http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2010/09/some-android-apps-found-to-covertly-send-gps-data-to-advertisers.ars
and my wife wonders why I always keep the gps turned off on my phone.  
Mind you, come to think of it, there might be another reason she wants  
it on. :-)