[wellylug] 5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G - Free Software Foundation

[Pete Black]

GPS-enabled cellphones will report their location on demand to the 
carrier, with no user confirmation - ostensibly for emergency response, 
and must also be able to be activated remotely so their headset 
microphones can be used to eavesdrop on conversations - these 
capabilities are routinely used by to bust drug dealers etc.

This is ongoing in the US, the UK, and probably anywhere else that 
privacy protections are no longer a significant issue for government.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2220581/government-sued-tracking-mobile

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140191.html

'Absolute rubbish'? I think not.




> It's absolute rubbish. The OS pops up a "Let app <x> know your
> location?" alert _every single time_ your location is asked for, or at
> least it does for me on an iPod Touch (and then puts me in the middle
> of Kansas, but there you go). Check out twitterific for an example of
> this.
>