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Consumers really do care about their privacy, according to a Consumer Reports survey:
According to a Consumer Reports press release, the national survey found that 71% of respondents said they were very concerned about companies selling or sharing their information about them without their permission. Another 65% of smartphone owners don’t like that apps can access their contacts, photos, locations and other data without permission from them.
Who knew? 
Continue reading: Not Surprising
Coming soon: apps that help you hide from people using apps to find people
Many companies say it is beneficial and that their apps will help people forge new connections and meet someone they perhaps should know. App stores have been flooded with such tools in recent weeks. Kismet, Glancee, Highlight, Ban.jo, Meeteor, Pearescope, GetGauss, Intro, Qrious, Mingle and Sonar, hope to transform the smartphone into a social dowsing rod that delivers an alert when it detects other people nearby who share interests, friends or career goals.
New Apps Connect to Friends Nearby – NYTimes.com
Continue reading: New Apps Connect to Friends Nearby – NYTimes.com
Accentuating the potential positive
I will go a step further: I’m not just ambivalent about this kind of tracking—I actually want to be tracked by companies like Google and even Facebook. Not just because it helps pay for the services I use, but also because it should (theoretically at least) make my Web experience better, by targeting ads and other things toward me instead of bombarding me with useless advertising that turns most websites into a garish nightmare, the visual equivalent of e-mail spam. If tracking my activity (which is anonymized by the majority of companies that use it) helps reduce that problem, I am all for it.
Being Tracked by Google Isn’t Bad—It’s Actually… Continue reading: Being Tracked by Google Isn’t Bad—It’s Actually Good–Businessweek [GigaOM]
Final paragraph of a Hiawatha Bray privacy reality check; check the source for useful tips on Google and Facebook privacy options
We are not facing a privacy apocalypse, despite changes in privacy policies, because every service offers some control for the informed user. Google, Facebook, and other giant companies would track our shoe sizes and what we eat for breakfast if we let them. So don’t let them.
Google privacy: A user’s guide – Business – The Boston Globe
Continue reading: Google privacy: A user’s guide – Business – The Boston Globe
Thanks for the memories
It turns out that Google, maker of the Android mobile operating system, takes it one step further. Android apps do not need permission to get a user’s photos, and as long as an app has the right to go to the Internet, it can copy those photos to a remote server without any notice, according to developers and mobile security experts. It is not clear whether any apps that are available for Android devices are actually doing this.
Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos – NYTimes.com
Continue reading: Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos – NYTimes.com
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