And as two people commented today on the Apple boards: "And if you're worried about that, you should see what information your credit card company knows about you! They keep a record of every purchase you make.
And you phone company logs every phone call! And your bank knows how much money you have! And your grocery store knows what kind of food you buy, ... and your postman knows who sends you mail, and so on..." and "I heard the phone also stores all your SMS conversations, emails, call history, application data, browser history and personal photos." And a few other thoughts: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2009/07/features/the-hidden-persuaders-mining-your-mobile-phone-log http://www.forensicresources.co.uk/CellSiteAnalysisPhones.php And finally, two rather excellent items from the invariably wonderful Onion News: http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/ http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-should-the-nations-unemployed-be-buyin,20083/ Welcome to the mobile world in 2011 ... Stephen On 20 Apr 2011, at 15:14, Phil Ward wrote: > All, > > Sure I won't have been the first to see this story, but here's a link for > those that haven't... > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears > > Phil > > -- > Phil Ward <snip> "[Oil] Depletion is tireless, quick, inevitable, relentless, and automatic. Investment is costly, slow, uncertain, sporadic, and optional. This is a horse race, with one winner." - Randy Udall, ASPO-USA "To be truthful about it, there was no way we could have got the public consent to have suddenly launched a campaign on Afghanistan but for what happened on September 11" (Tony Blair, The Times, July 17 2002) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
