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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 15:50 UTC (Mon) by zsouthboy (subscriber, #60295)
In reply to: Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica) by Hausvib6
Parent article: Android phones keep location cache, too, but it's harder to access (ars technica)

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.


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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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