For a change, this week's "Giant company eroding our privacy with wifi data collection" comes not from Google, but Microsoft:
"Microsoft's Web map exposes phone, PC locations" http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20085028-281/microsofts-web-map-exposes-phone-pc-locations/ Apparently it allowed near-real-time tracking of device locations on a map, so you could follow someone's handheld as it wandered around the city. Redmond quickly reduced the data exposure: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20086489-281/microsoft-curbs-wi-fi-location-database/ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
