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Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica)Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica)Posted Apr 25, 2011 0:59 UTC (Mon) by Hausvib6 (guest, #70606)Parent article: Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica)
I thought since Android is FLOSS, pulling something like this will be lots more difficult since there are lots of eyes doing verification of the source code. Then I remember something about trust, http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html.
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Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica) Posted Apr 25, 2011 15:50 UTC (Mon) by zsouthboy (subscriber, #60295) [Link]
This isn't going behind the user's back. It hasn't slipped through the source code to be enabled and reenabled with the compiler.
You opt-in to google's location services and it's turned on.
Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica) Posted Apr 25, 2011 16:29 UTC (Mon) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link]
> You opt-in to google's location services and it's turned on.
And surprisingly, there is even a big scary warning when you do so!
Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica) Posted Apr 26, 2011 3:32 UTC (Tue) by Hausvib6 (guest, #70606) [Link]
I see, so this is just a sensasional news jumping on the privacy-scare bandwagon started by iPhone location database.
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