The Android Privacy Fuss

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A study by scientists of Intel Labs, Duke University and Pennsylvania State University says that few Android apps are sending out private information like your current location information (could be GPS coordinates or coarse network based location details) and other sensitive personal data like IMEI, phone number and SIM number to, possibly the advertisers and app content servers. These information, claims the scientists are being sent without any kind of notification or permission of the

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Now share your Google Latitude location with Gtalk buddies and on your blog!

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When Google launched the new Latitude application few months back, users were ecstatic (!); ideas and feature requests were poured out with all the imagination available as where and how this can be used (or misused).

Now, Google has come out with applications based on Latitude; first among them is sharing your location with Gtalk buddies or display as a badge on your website.

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