http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/senate-eyes-stalker-app-ba.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/senate-eyes-stalker-app-ba.html#comment-1607877 Marc45 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200459#comment-1607877 At least someone is looking out for our privacy.  It must feel lonely being Al Franken in a sea of bought and paid for politicians. At least someone is looking out for our privacy.  It must feel lonely being Al Franken in a sea of bought and paid for politicians.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/senate-eyes-stalker-app-ba.html#comment-1607815 Robert Drop Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200459#comment-1607815 Yeah, and some wouldn't actually work at all, like apps that rely on geo-fenced triggers for notifications and content delivery. Yeah, and some wouldn’t actually work at all, like apps that rely on geo-fenced triggers for notifications and content delivery.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/senate-eyes-stalker-app-ba.html#comment-1607740 oasisob1 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200459#comment-1607740 GPS apps would suddenly start to really really suck. GPS apps would suddenly start to really really suck.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/senate-eyes-stalker-app-ba.html#comment-1607557 Robert Drop Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200459#comment-1607557 Yeah, I don't get it.  Do Android, Windoze phones, etc. not do that?  Or is the law insisting that each and every time the app collects location data it needs the OK (in which case it would seriously break a bunch of apps)?  If it's just a single up-front "ok" then presumably when the stalker installs the app, they also give permission.   Yeah, I don’t get it.  Do Android, Windoze phones, etc. not do that?  Or is the law insisting that each and every time the app collects location data it needs the OK (in which case it would seriously break a bunch of apps)?  If it’s just a single up-front “ok” then presumably when the stalker installs the app, they also give permission.  

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/senate-eyes-stalker-app-ba.html#comment-1607337 Halloween_Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200459#comment-1607337 Uh... my phone (iPhone) does that already. And as long as Al Franken is being concerned about cyber-rights, has he taken a pledge not to support a SOPA/PIPA-type bill in the future? Uh… my phone (iPhone) does that already. And as long as Al Franken is being concerned about cyber-rights, has he taken a pledge not to support a SOPA/PIPA-type bill in the future?

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