U.S. Congressmen have invited executives from Google and Apple at a hearing devoted to the preservation of privacy. The subpoena comes after revelations that the mobile phone store, and in some cases, the manufacturer transmits geolocation data. At the same time, the Energy and Commerce Committee has sent subpoenas to Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Research in Motion and Hewlett-Packard to ask their managers about whether these companies get or share information on the movements of their mobile customers.
Democratic Senator Al Franken, who chairs the committee on privacy, has manifesatdo the May 10 hearing will be held dedicated to the protection of privacy in the area of mobile technologies. The concern about it has woken up after British researchers claimed that the Apple operating system for iPhone and iPad has a feature that allows you to draw and keep the movements of their owners.
Two days later, a similar practice was detected in phones equipped with Android and this week warned that the case with Windows Phone. The senator said has admitted that the new technologies help to everyday life and provide access to an incredible amount of resources, but at the same time, to detect and learn habits of their owners and their movements.
The hearing is considered a "first step" to ensure that federal laws protect the privacy of citizens particularly in the use of mobile technologies. In the case of Microsoft Windows Phone, the mobile transmits to the Redmond company's unique device identifier (similar to the chassis number of vehicles), details of nearby wireless networks and the exact GPS coordinates.
For its part, the pattern of Apple, Steve Jobs responded to a MacRumors reader stating that "we do not track anyone. The information that is circulating is false." However, British researchers say they know why Apple is collecting data, "but it is clearly intentional, as the database is restored using backups and even migration of the device," explains both researchers, despite contacting the security team of Apple product, say they have not received any explanation.
According to investigators, the indiscriminate storage location and temporary users of iPhone and iPad with 3G, it happens from time to market iOS4 operating system. Ie from June 2010. In the case of Android has detected that your HTC collects the user's location every few seconds and sends several times an hour.
It also transmits the name of the wireless networks wifi area as well as a unique caller ID. According to research, analyzed the HTC Android personal data were transmitted to Google.
Democratic Senator Al Franken, who chairs the committee on privacy, has manifesatdo the May 10 hearing will be held dedicated to the protection of privacy in the area of mobile technologies. The concern about it has woken up after British researchers claimed that the Apple operating system for iPhone and iPad has a feature that allows you to draw and keep the movements of their owners.
Two days later, a similar practice was detected in phones equipped with Android and this week warned that the case with Windows Phone. The senator said has admitted that the new technologies help to everyday life and provide access to an incredible amount of resources, but at the same time, to detect and learn habits of their owners and their movements.
The hearing is considered a "first step" to ensure that federal laws protect the privacy of citizens particularly in the use of mobile technologies. In the case of Microsoft Windows Phone, the mobile transmits to the Redmond company's unique device identifier (similar to the chassis number of vehicles), details of nearby wireless networks and the exact GPS coordinates.
For its part, the pattern of Apple, Steve Jobs responded to a MacRumors reader stating that "we do not track anyone. The information that is circulating is false." However, British researchers say they know why Apple is collecting data, "but it is clearly intentional, as the database is restored using backups and even migration of the device," explains both researchers, despite contacting the security team of Apple product, say they have not received any explanation.
According to investigators, the indiscriminate storage location and temporary users of iPhone and iPad with 3G, it happens from time to market iOS4 operating system. Ie from June 2010. In the case of Android has detected that your HTC collects the user's location every few seconds and sends several times an hour.
It also transmits the name of the wireless networks wifi area as well as a unique caller ID. According to research, analyzed the HTC Android personal data were transmitted to Google.
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