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StuartMW
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2012-Dec-5 12:09 pm
Australian smartphone users concerned by trackingquote: SMARTPHONE users are worried Big Brother is watching them and tracing their every move through their device.
New research by consumer ratings agency Canstar Blue found 29 per cent of smartphone owners were concerned their whereabouts could be tracked through their phone.
» www.news.com.au/technolo ··· 30736388But I'm sure they use them anyway... |
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19579823 (banned)An Awesome Dude join:2003-08-04 |
19579823 (banned)
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2012-Dec-5 2:39 pm
Yup just like american sheeple! |
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La LunaFly With The Angels My Beloved Son Chris Premium Member join:2001-07-12 New Port Richey, FL |
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Re: Australian smartphone users concerned by trackingThey're just now figuring this out? |
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ashrc4 Premium Member join:2009-02-06 australia 1 edit |
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F.Y.I. Saw a review of Google and it's products recently on ABC au. and the Google representative was boasting about it's ability to monitor all androids to gather intel on how fast each moved in traffic, to give valued updates on traffic to help traffic congestion in all area's. Not sure how but, gps co-ordinates would seem like the answer here...enabled or not. IF Google gets in trouble for something......expect speeding fine at some stage. |
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OZO
Premium Member
2012-Dec-7 3:45 pm
That's why Google offers "Google Maps" app for free. It requires users to be always online - to send GPS coordinates back to Google in real time. |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant? Premium Member join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC |
And that's why you disable it. |
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19579823 (banned)An Awesome Dude join:2003-08-04 |
19579823 (banned)
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2012-Dec-7 6:45 pm
Or have NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT GARBAGE!! |
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La LunaFly With The Angels My Beloved Son Chris Premium Member join:2001-07-12 New Port Richey, FL |
La Luna
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2012-Dec-7 6:53 pm
Yeah, we could go back to using the pony express too. Very practical. |
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jadinolfI love you Fred Premium Member join:2005-07-09 Ojai, CA
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jadinolf
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2012-Dec-7 7:09 pm
said by La Luna:Yeah, we could go back to using the pony express too. Very practical. Well, pony express worked quite well. No, I don't remember. |
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La LunaFly With The Angels My Beloved Son Chris Premium Member join:2001-07-12 New Port Richey, FL |
La Luna
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2012-Dec-7 7:31 pm
Are you sure? |
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Re: Australian smartphone users concerned by trackingWould this be relative then? Security researcher calls for Australian cookie auditThe University of Canberra's Centre for Internet Safety (CIS) has called for greater powers for the Office of the Information Commissioner to assist with a crackdown on the use of digital cookies.
In a report dubbed "Taming the Cookie Monster" (pdf), CIS security researcher Dr Paul A Watters said internet users were not informed about how their personal data was retained within cookies.
Dr Watters said more research needed to be done to determine the prevalence of tracking cookies that targeted Australian users, along with an audit of how and if explicit and informed consent was taken when personal data was stored in cookies.
The Office of the Information Commissioner should be granted powers to seize digital evidence and run forensic analysis on IT systems to investigate organisations' use of cookies, he said. |
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