Palm Pre surreptitiously reporting GPS locations, app usage to Palm?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: August 12, 2009 12:27:06 PDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Palm Pre surreptitiously reporting GPS locations, app usage  
> to Palm?

> Dave,
>
> I have a report suggesting that the Palm Pre is "surreptitiously"
> sending GPS location data, app usage information, and perhaps other
> data to Palm servers.  I would appreciate it very much if interested
> Pre users would check out the report at: http://bit.ly/gNt9S and let
> me know if they can see similar effects (or not!)  E-mailed reports to
> lauren () vortex com or via Twitter @laurenweinstein are fine for this.
> Thanks.
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren () vortex com
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, NNSquad
>   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
> Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
>   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
> Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein



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