http://gigaom.com/2011/05/06/apple-vp-bud-tribble-to-testify-before-senate-hearing-on-privacy/ Sat, 25 May 2013 16:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2011/05/06/apple-vp-bud-tribble-to-testify-before-senate-hearing-on-privacy/#comment-622129 Fri, 06 May 2011 19:07:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=341328#comment-622129 I don’t own an Android phone, but I looked at their set-up process for new owners. It appears you have to create a Google account. And that process collects extremely sensitive data like your date of birth. Then if you use Google mail and other Google services, they could build an extensive dossier on you. I’d be particularly worried about that information getting in the hands of prospective employers, 70% of whom admitted to discriminating against a candidate due to information they found on the Internet. So it’s clear employers are making hiring discriminations on things irrelevant to business. I suspect Google already sells this information for data services like Lexus-Nexus.

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