[LINK] Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects location data on Windows Phone 7 users

[Scott Howard]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net> wrote:

> > by Declan McCullagh
> > Microsoft says its operating system transmits the MAC address of the
> Wi-Fi access point (but not the name), signal strength, a randomly generated
> unique device ID retained for an unspecified limited period of time, and, if
> GPS is turned on, the precise location and direction and speed of travel.
> That happens when the "*application or user makes a request for location
> information*," the company says.
>

In other breaking news, Windows Phone was also discovered to transmit the
users voice over the cellular network whenever the user made or received a
voice call!!

Using cell towers, Wifi MACs and GPS data to calculate location is nothing
new, and certainly not newsworthy. You won't find a recent smartphone (or
for that matter, a recent version of Firefox/Chrome) that doesn't do this.

  Scott.