Android in your pocket: The Google Phone
November 9, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Apps, Cell Phones, Web Apps, Wi-Fi
In a previous podcast, Mike Abundo explained how the Google Phone will not be hardware, but software. With the way Google collects information about people when they are in front of their computers, isn’t it a scary thought to have an “android” lurking in your pocket, learning your every move as you transfer from cell site to cell site?
Normally, you’re just under the Google lens when you’re sitting in front of a Web browser aimed at one of Google’s services. With an Android-based phone in my pocket, Google can be collecting data about me and my habits 24/7. It wouldn’t be very hard for Google to use nearby cell tower data to figure out that I spend a half an hour inside one of two specific comic book shops nearly every Wednesday. [CST]
The only question is, do you trust Google enough to let it get into your pants?