Android Devices Collect Location Data, Send it to Google
Knew it
When I heard all the hubub about Apple collecting location data I had a feeling Android (Google) was next in line to receive it's 10 lashes.
C'mon folks, it's Google. If Apple is guilty of collecting location data, you know darn well the information-hungry company Google would be doing this too. I'm not really offended. I mean, with all the apps like Latitude, Facebook, Navigation, Google Maps etc. it makes sense that you're phone is collection location data. But the fact that Apple and Google are collecting it in a data base is another subject. I think fanboys of both Apple and Android can come to common ground on this matter considering that both companies are guilty of the same crime.
C'mon folks, it's Google. If Apple is guilty of collecting location data, you know darn well the information-hungry company Google would be doing this too. I'm not really offended. I mean, with all the apps like Latitude, Facebook, Navigation, Google Maps etc. it makes sense that you're phone is collection location data. But the fact that Apple and Google are collecting it in a data base is another subject. I think fanboys of both Apple and Android can come to common ground on this matter considering that both companies are guilty of the same crime.
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Every android phone when you first set it up asks you for permission to share location data anonymously with Google. Every android user has the ability to opt-out of sharing their location data with Google when setting up their phone. Google hasn't been hiding anything, they have been upfront about it the whole time. Can't say the same about Apple though...
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And say no, and you will be bring the phone back to the carrier for a Razr. Don't defend either.
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ok opting out doesnt limit the phones abilities other than maps taking longer to open google uses your location data for a few reasons to aid in search results i.e. search pizza instead of pizza hut and dominoes it gives you local results and to help cache your info so maps works faster and so you dont lose nav when you hit a dead spot so if you opt out you just get slower maps and no local searches big deal
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Screw them both, I'm not going to defend one or the other, they should stop it now. And I do agree, after I read the who iphone tracking, I knew Google was doing it as well.
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I'm not a fan of Google or Android but there is a huge difference between asking permission and doing it secretly without the user's knowledge, don't pretend that there isn't.
Google hasn't been hiding anything, it is all right there in the T&C for Android, if you don't read the T&C's and just blindly check 'yes' all the time without reading it, that's your own fault, not Google's.
Google hasn't been hiding anything, it is all right there in the T&C for Android, if you don't read the T&C's and just blindly check 'yes' all the time without reading it, that's your own fault, not Google's.
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With Android you don't even have to read the T&C to know about it. It is literally a checkbox on a dedicated screen during setup that asks if you would like to provide anonymous location data to google. Yes, I believe the box is checked by default but if you go through setup fast enough that you don't read what is next to a checkbox then you have no room to complain about this.
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You know one of them wont. But as much as these two work together on things its not surprising. The phone are more alike than different. I bet Blackberries do it to.
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