Microsoft identity guru questions Apple, Google on mobile privacy
The current abuse of personal device identifiers by Google and Apple is at least as significant as the problems I discussed long ago with Passport
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What Could Google Do With the Data It's Collected?
Google should change its FAQs about WiFi data collection to line up with what its PR people are telling journalists.
Rethink things in light of Google's Gstumbler report
The report indicates Google has been purposely collecting a lot of information its defenders couldn't have imagined.
Are SSIDs and MAC addresses like house numbers?
Do people consciously try to advertise their SSIDs and MAC addresses to the world by running to the store, buying them, and nailing them to their metaphorical porches?
EPIC on Google WiFi eavesdropping
Prominent privacy watchdog EPIC complains to FCC about improper use of device identifiers.
The Laws of Identity smack Google
The idea that Google would, without our consent, employ our home networks for its own commercial purposes betrays a problem of ethics and a lack of control.
Identity Management As A Service
Identity Management and the way it is delivered are changing dramatically
Trusting Mobile Technology
Influential European ICT expert Jacques Bus on my posts about MAC addresses and their use by Google and Apple
Harvesting phone and laptop fingerprints for its database
Google says the user’s device sends a request to its location server with a list of all MAC addresses currently visible to it. Does that include yours?
What does a MAC address tell you?
Mapping the attendees at a conference to home addresses even when they’ve never consented to any such tracking is not going to be hard if you’ve gone to the trouble of scanning every street in every city in the country.