In the future, updates to your Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter accounts will be made automatically by your Android device.
Hackers have examined code used in Googles latest Android update and found some curious code, which leads them to believe Google is tracking our every movement. This has privacy experts very worried.
The new devices have several ways to track what we are doing, said privacy consultant Brian Miller. GPS, accelerometer, two microphones, compass and more. They can match all this data with what people post to Google Plus or other social networks and use this data to determine what a person is doing at all times.
Miller suggested that it will only take a year or so, before Google can tell exactly what were doing at all times. By using the microphone to monitor breathing rates and the light sensor, your phone can tell when youre asleep. Lights down and theres heavy breathing? Youre masturbating. It will just know. Youll wake up in the morning and theyll be an ad for lotion in your Gmail, said Miller.
Not everyone was concerned by the privacy implications. I dont mind if they have all my data. If Google can update all my social networks automatically then just think how much more productive I can be, said one person who wished to remain anonymous.
Google denied passive monitoring of Android phone users, but did say I should spend more time brushing my teeth.
From BBSpot.
