On Dec 9, 3:29 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:51 AM, JP <joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 3. That also put the nail in the coffin of me using Android as a > > personal device. At long last, I went back to Symbian (I continue to > > develop on Android, of course). Don't get me wrong, I like Android, > > and Gingerbread looks really good, but I just can't seem to be able to > > get over certain things related to Android and Google, in particular > > the eagerness to wanting to "share my location"... Call me paranoid, > > but I just like things certain ways. > > If you are that paranoid, you can make your own build of Android with > whatever restrictions you want (for example not allow certain apps to ever > get location information) and run that. Interesting project but no time for that right now
> > Google's privacy policy is to never share your location with them unless you > explicitly approve. To me, Google is not nearly transparent enough to make this a compelling argument. You hit the problem right on the head: Why go down the policy bunny trail, when there's a solution that organically meets expectations? There's plenty of examples where the policy-and- processes approach just didn't pan out over the long run. Right off, PFC Manning and the near fiasco at Clear (the registered traveler program) come to mind. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
