Wow, Microsoft is running these ads on TV? Damn, they must be really desperate... :-)
>From a Tech crunch article (many more articles that say basically the same thing... http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/microsofts-latest-scroogle-ads-attack-sharing-of-information-that-google-developers-need-to-process-transactions/ (When I purchase with wallet on a PC browser, the merchant is handed a garbled email, and I have to grant them access to my real email. Kind of like Craigslist) ... Google Wallet shares the information needed to process transactions and maintain accounts, and this is clearly stated in the Google Wallet Privacy Notice. Why the mention of Google Wallet? The main difference between Google Play and the Apple App Store is that Google uses its “Wallet” service to process transactions. While it’s not a third-party service in the sense that it’s a different company, it is a function of the process that is not embedded into the Google Play experience. It’s something that users are made aware of in the terms of service and privacy policies when they sign up. More importantly, when merchants and developers sign up to sell things in Google Play, they must buy into not sharing any of the information that they get, which is name, email address and general location — the things that all companies selling things online need in order to process your transaction and provide support. Better start your attack against Amazon, Etsy and everyone else on the Internet, Microsoft. I know, Google is the big bad guy... Well, if giants like Microsoft feel they need to pull stuff like this to survive, maybe it is not so bad that they get taken down a peg or two :-) -- steve I just saw this ad on television. It was funny as hell, and included the wifi collector car. http://www.scroogled.com _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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