ANDROID TRACKS USERS TOO [REPORT]

Fresh on the heals of controversy that Apple’s iPhone 4 OS collects location data on users, a recent report shows that Google’s Android system performs the same spying functions. Security experts have found that the Android OS collects location based data every few seconds and transmits it to Google several times an hour. In addition to a user’s location, the Android OS also catalogs a user’s name, signal strength of nearby hotspots, and the phone’s unique identifier.

The idea is to triangulate a user’s location in proximity to local WiFi networks in order to push location based advertising. Last year, Google got into trouble for collecting data on WiFi hotspots using their fleet of StreetView cars who main advertised purpose was to photograph streets for their Google Maps application.

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Tags: Android Apps, android phones, distribution, iphone, Mobile Apps, networking, street, triangulation

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