[aklug] Re: Google and Apple are gathering location information

Quoting bryanm@acsalaska.net:

>> Jury's still out.
>>
>> According to one source anyway, the news services reporting this don't
>> know what they're talking.
>>
>> Gee. You mean there's a possibility the "mainstream media" doesn't know
>> their "you-know-what" from a hole in the ground?
>>
>> http://caffeine.shugendo.org/2011/04/21/iphones-and-location-lets-not-get=
-hysterical/
>
> I think the most reliable statement in this blog post is:
> "So, it=92s entirely unclear to me what this data actually represents."
>
> Anybody can make a blog post, and say anything they want. That should
> never, ever be confused with actual journalism.
>
> One simple explanation (among multitudes) is that the program used
> to dump the data used incorrect parameters. Another possibility is
> that Google and Apple have munged the data to slightly obscure it
> from anyone who might stumble across it.
>
> This blogger hasn't done any actual research, he just futzed around
> a bit and posted what he found along with his unconsidered opinions.
>
> The fact that corporations are tracking millions of people without
> their knowledge should indeed set off alarm bells. Even if you trust
> Google and Apple with that data (I, for one, don't), what if someone
> else finds a way to access it -- say, a thief, stalker, violent ex,
> or overzealous cop?
>
> Companies like Google and Apple do not, and will never, have your
> privacy as a priority. If they can make a buck by violating it, they
> will do so in a microsecond. If you want privacy, you have to go out
> of your way to defend it. Who else will?
>

Call me crazy, but I agree completely with Brian's paragraph above. =20
Especially the part about defending your privacy (and rights). Who =20
else will, indeed.

Mike B.

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Received on Fri Apr 22 06:45:20 2011