Google is currently the most powerful force in the consumer electronics market. Mostly, through skillful handling of their customers ‘ data. These have been repeatedly obtained, so, obviously, controversial.
Consumer Google services work in most cases, on the contrary, great. No other company capable of such a useful and efficient way to process data and present useful insights that the giant from mountain view. No other company so willing to cram these data that Google. Although this time in a while we hear about the error or crash in which this data in Google gets even more.
Now there was one more. Of investigation edition Quartz, show that Android tracking our location even if he zakażemy. And does so early this year. A mechanism for consistent analysis of the location, which is within our reach masts operator, on the basis of these data appreciated our location and then transmits this data to Google services. Without asking us about the phrase.
Google claims to use this data for faster delivery of messages and that they are not stored on its secure servers. The company does not explain exactly how this helps, other shipping, we have, so to take her word for it. So how are we supposed to believe that this information does not analyse or handle.
a year before someone realized that Android keeps track of our position, even if we disable the location service.
As Google says, the new version of Android uses a system of synchronization of messages and notifications, which uses codes MCC (Mobile Country Codes) and MNC (Mobile Network Codes). Since January the company began using codes Cell ID, to – as he says – more to simplify message delivery. The company, however, claims the statement nadesłanym edition of Gizmodo, any information associated with the Cell ID, i.e. it allows third parties to track our position, they are not stored anywhere.
Google ensures that it will release the update with Play Services – and therefore should get it all devices with Android – which will remove this mechanism. The update will appear this month.
I would Like to trust Google SARS and to take him at his word. I understand that corporations are made up of ordinary people and can make mistakes. I also appreciate the fact that the company after distribution of treatment immediately seek to cancel the arrangement. I’m not sure how to achieve this in the context that this is not the first, not the second or even third controversy associated with a breach of confidentiality by the company.
