Cell Phone Manufacturers Have Complete Control Over Your Cell Phone

Yup, the title of this post is correct. When you purchase a cell phone you agree to the privacy policy and in the policy there is a line that reads ” manufacturer may collect, store, access, disclose, transmit, process and otherwise use your location data (including real time geographic information) in accordance with manufacturers privacy policy.” Can you believe it? Palm, Apple and other cell phone users should be warned. You’re being tracked and the manufacturer knows everything you’re doing. Hell, Apple even has a way to zap applications off your phone if they want. The response from manufacturers is that they need this information to improve their products. I’m all for user feedback, but taking it for free seems pretty f’ed up to me. What do you think?

source: yahoo