I suppose it depends on what information you're trying not to leak? If you're trying not to leak, say, your browser history, I'm fully in agreement with you.

I suppose it depends on what information you're trying not to leak? If you're trying not to leak, say, your browser history, I'm fully in agreement with you. But if you're trying not to leak a list of wifi hotspots picked up by the wireless radio, then there's no way the phone can leak information it never had.