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Laurie A.

Yahoo Will Keep Search Queries for 18 Months - 0 views

bits.blogs.nytimes.com/...p-search-queries-for-18-months

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shared by Laurie A. on 19 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Laurie A. on 19 Apr 11
     
    Yahoo changes its policy on search queries from 90 days to 18 months.
  • Laurie A. on 19 Apr 11
     
    This article also references the incident in 2006 when AOL released its search query data: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?gwh=300ED81FDF596D5587EF12FC33E8FE03
Andrew Luck

Researchers: Apple's iPhone Keeps Track Of Every Little Place You Go - 0 views

www.npr.org/...k-of-every-little-place-you-go

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shared by Andrew Luck on 20 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Andrew Luck on 20 Apr 11
     
    This is data that will cause some privacy issues. Now one can really be connected.
  • Laurie A. on 21 Apr 11
     
    wow, and the data persists even when you upgrade the phone! The article says "In some ways, this shouldn't be surprising. Back in June of 2010, Apple updated its privacy policy to include a paragraph that allows Apple and "partners and licensees" to collect and store user location data." But of course hardly anyone reads the fine print.
  • Laurie A. on 21 Apr 11
     
    Here is the open source tool the researchers made with the location data: http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/
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