Just great. Google and Apple are gathering location information as part of their race to build massive databases capable of pinpointing people's locations via their cellphones. These databases could help them tap the $2.9 billion market for location-based services—expected to rise to $8.3 billion in 2014, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576277101723453610.html#ixzz1KG1iKLlV . On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > Just pointing out the Phone co's are helping so wouldn't sue. > > I just saw the picture and noticed you have to plug your phone in. I > thought they scanned your phone without your knowledge. > > Conclusion: > You're an idiot if you hand over your phone and then complain about > illegal search and seizure. > > Now on to why is Apple uploading the data to iTunes? > > . > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:50 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> And here it is: >>> >>> http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/ >> >> That's just for the iPhone though - according to the article the wee >> beastie that the MSP are using can suck data from any smartphone. >> >> Hatton >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336616 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
