Microsoft collects phone location data without permission, says researcher

Release Date 1 Sep, 2011 in CNET

	Microsoft sued for tracking mobile users' location without permission The Guardian - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft tracks the location of its mobile users even after customers turned the software off, a lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges. The legal action claims that owners of Windows Phone 7 smartphones are being unwittingly tracked when the camera on ...
Microsoft collects phone location data without permission, says researcher CNET - Declan McCullagh - 1 Sep, 2011 A security researcher says that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software can transmit your location without your explicit permission. An analysis by Samy Kamkar says that the Camera application sends the device's location--complete with latitude and ...
	Microsoft tracking customers, claims lawsuit Zee News - 1 Sep, 2011 London: Tech company Microsoft intentionally designed a mobile software to track its users without their consent, it has emerged. According to a new lawsuit filed in a Seattle federal court, Microsoft designed camera software on the Windows Phone 7 ...
Microsoft tracks customers without consent: Suit London Free Press - Dan Levine, Bernard Orr - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks about the Windows 7 phone during his keynote address on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 5, 2011. REUTERS/Rick Wilking SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft allegedly tracks the ...
Lawsuit says Microsoft tracks customers without consent Reuters Canada - Dan Levine, Bernard Orr - 1 Sep, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a Seattle federal ...
Should Microsoft Start Making Computers? The Atlantic - Alesh Houdek - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎ HP, the largest manufacturer of Windows-based computers, has recently stated that they're considering getting out of manufacturing consumer PCs. They cited disruptions in the business caused by the iPad, which is stealing sales from the ...
Windows Phone Marketplace apps cross 30 000 mark Moneycontrol.com - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎ App tracking website, WindowsPhoneAppList , have announced that the Marketplace for Windows Phone now includes more than 30000 applications, according to a report by BGR . In the last two weeks itself, around a thousand new Windows Phone 7 applications ...
Windows Phone 7 Apps Hit 30000 Mark InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎ Microsoft slowly but steadily builds a trove of mobile applications to help it compete in the smartphone arena. But it has a long way to go. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek It's still got a long way to go to catch Apple and Google, but Microsoft's ...
Windows Phone 7 Hits 30000 Apps PCWorld (blog) - Jared Newman - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎ Microsoft's Windows Phone has managed to amass 30000 apps in its Marketplace, despite occupying a mere sliver of the smartphone market. The app count comes courtesy of Windows Phone Applist, ...
Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace Unofficially Hits 30000 Apps PC Magazine - Sara Yin - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎ Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace app store has reached more than 30000 apps in just under a year, the same rate as Apple's App Store during its early days, and faster than the Android Market. According to stats compiled by Windows ...
Nokia: WSJ Discusses Windows Phone Design Prospects Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎ Nokia's N9 smartphone, released this summer, has design elements such as rounded, tapered casing that the company plans to continue with its Phones based on Microsoft's software. In case you missed it, The Wall Street Journal's Arild ...
Skype's GroupMe Helps Boost Mister Softee Forbes - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Microsoft acquired Skype earlier this year for $8.5 billion. The acquisition process is still underway, and once competed, Skype will become a business division in Microsoft and integrated into Microsoft's products like Windows 8, Windows Phone 7 and ...
Microsoft Benefits from HP Killing webOS Platform Forbes - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Hewlett-Packard's Q3 FY11 results included the announcement that HP “will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward. ...
Windows Phone 7.5 Overview Video YouTube - ‎Aug 29, 2011‎ Microsoft recently released this demo video showing off the unique features of the upcoming software release, Mango. If you've been living under a rock the past few months, this video will bring you up to date!
Rumour control: Windows 8, WPF and Metro ZDNet UK (blog) - Simon Bisson, Mary Branscombe - ‎Aug 27, 2011‎ Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and the Windows Phone 7 version of the Metro interface should feel very flattered; we've seen the look everywhere from conference Web sites to the ...
	Microsoft accused of tracking mobile users without permission Businessandleadership.com - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system is the latest mobile platform to be accused of collecting location data of mobile users without permission. In April Apple's iPhone was at the heart of a storm of controversy after researchers discovered ...
Microsoft Being Sued for Tracking Mobile Users Location Windows 7 News - Robert Boland - 1 Sep, 2011 Well this certainly sounds familiar. Both Google and Apple have already fallen victim to law suits against them for tracking mobile users location without their permission. ...
	Microsoft tracks customers without consent, alleges lawsuit Mobile Computing News - 1 Sep, 2011 By James • Sep 1st, 2011 • Category: Industry News Users of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 handsets are having their locations tracked even after request from users that the tracking software be disabled, alleges a new lawsuit. The proposed class action ...
	Lawsuit claims Microsoft tracks unwilling users THINQ.co.uk - Paul Hales - 1 Sep, 2011 A lawsuit filed in a Seattle court claims Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system keeps track of the location of users, even after they ask for the tracking software be turned off. According to the suit, which is seeking class-action status, ...
	Microsoft sued for allegedly tracking mobile users without permission SlashGear - 1 Sep, 2011 A lawsuit was filed in Seattle this week that alleges Microsoft is tracking the location so users with Windows Phone 7 smartphones without the user's permission. The tracking apparently has to do with software on the smartphones for the camera. ...
Windows Phone 7 "ignores do not track requests" PC Pro - Stewart Mitchell - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft is facing a lawsuit over the way it allegedly tracks Windows Phone 7 users, even after they have opted out of tracking software. The class action lawsuit, filed in a Seattle, claims Microsoft deliberately designed camera ...
	Microsoft Sued for Illegally Tracking Windows Phone 7 Mobile Customers Locations International Business Times - Alastair Stevenson - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft has been taken to court for allegedly tracking the location of its mobile customers, even after users have turned off the device's tracking software. Microsoft has been taken to court for ...
	Microsoft in hot water over tracking TechEye - Nick Farrell - 1 Sep, 2011 Software giant Microsoft is in hot water after it was claimed that it tracked the location of its mobile customers even after users asked that tracking software be turned off. According to Reuters, a proposed class action, filed in a Seattle court, ...
Windows Phone user sues Microsoft over location tracking Computer Business Review - 1 Sep, 2011 A Windows Phone 7 user in the US has sued Microsoft for collecting and transmitting location data without her consent. The new lawsuit alleges that Microsoft ignores user requests to turn off the location tracking feature in phones using Windows Phone ...
Windows Phone 7 Connector 2.0 tastes of Mango, makes conspicuous debut in Mac ... Engadget - Zachary Lutz - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Connector will always be a curious oddity in the Mac App Store. After all, the tool is designed solely for those who use OS X and Windows Phone. Fortunately, Ballmer and company ...
Windows Phone 7 Connector 2.0 for Mac Released Redmondmag.com - Kurt Mackie - 1 Sep, 2011 Microsoft on Tuesday released an updated 2.0 version of a connector that synchronizes multimedia files between Macs and Windows Phone 7 or Zune HD. Windows Phone 7 Connector 2.0 for Mac can now be downloaded from Apple's Mac App Store ...
Microsoft's lost decade SmartCompany.com.au (blog) - Paul Wallbank - 1 Sep, 2011 Amid the discussion of Steve Jobs standing down as Apple CEO last week, a quiet milestone was passed. Ten years ago last Wednesday, Microsoft released to manufacturers their latest operating system, Windows XP. Windows XP turned out to be the most ...
Apple at TechEd Hydrapinion - Anthony Caruana - 1 Sep, 2011 So, I'm at TechEd - Microsoft's annual nerdgasm. And it's really interesting to see what devices the delegates are carrying. After all, given that this is a chance for the Microsoft fans to congregate and share what it is that they ...
	Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Intentionally Designed Phones to Track Customers The Atlantic Wire - 1 Sep, 2011 A lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court Wednesday alleges Microsoft intentionally designed its Windows Phone 7 to track customers without their consent, Reuters's Dan Levine reports. The lawsuit claims Microsoft lied to Congress in a letter sent ...
Lawsuit claims Microsoft tracking its mobile users against their express wishes The Next Web - 1 Sep, 2011 A lawsuit, filed today in Seattle, alleges that Microsoft, through its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system and platform, tracks its users against their express wishes. The crux of the issue stems from the camera application present on all WP7 ...