Apple, Google tap phone location data: WSJ (Reuters)

Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:01 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc's iPhones and Google Inc's Android phones send back accumulation most the locations of the users to the profession companies, the Wall Street Journal reportable on Thursday.

These phones regularly transmit much accumulation to Apple and Google as the two build databases that could support them touch a mart for location-based services, the Journal reported, citing accumulation and documents it had analyzed.

The essay cited a investigate by section analyst Samy Kamkar that said the HTC Android phone dispatched much information several times every distance after aggregation the accumulation every few seconds.

Google and Apple were not directly available for interpret to Reuters late on Thursday.

The phone also dispatched information most wireless Internet networks in the area, the essay said.

The iPhone transmits accumulation most the user's positioning and Wi-Fi networks to itself every 12 hours, the essay said.

(Reporting by Paritosh Bansal; Editing by Anshuman Daga)


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