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Smartphone Privacy Concerns Heat Up This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

  • Saturday, August 22, 2009

There are plenty of reasons to be concerned when it comes to smartphone privacy issues. But the latest round of controversies don't qualify.

It was a typical slow summer week on the mobile front, but if you’re the type who likes controversy, keep an eye on the growing fracas centered on smartphones and privacy. Because the issue is only going to get more heated, even when it isn’t necessarily warranted. Palm drew derision when application developer Joey Hess blogged that he’d discovered that the Pre’s webOS sends information regarding GPS location and app usage to a Palm database. Sure [...]

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