kevin_jacobs

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   by kevin_jacobs 14y ago

   Microsoft should give up so consumers have fewer choices and software developers have less work?
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   Other than more street view locations on Google Maps, Bing Maps is far, far superior (mostly in terms of speed, but after using Bing it's painful to go back to Google).
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   HTTPS Finder dev here - If you go into settings you can turn off the auto-redirect to HTTPS or the actual drop down alerts (or both). Then you can go into Preferences > Advanced after some browsing, and you'll see a list of all the good
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   Nice, but end users shouldn't have to root their phones and install a new OS just to not have all their data logged and reported on.
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   As a WP7 user, I emailed HTC yesterday asking whether or not this software (or similar products) are used on their WP7 devices. Here's the response I got: "Dear Kevin Jacobs, I understand you would like more information about the Carrier IQ
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   This is from March 2011, I haven't found any newer articles on the same subject. It seems no new news on this front since then?
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   Thanks, it seemed like a stretch anyway.
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   by kevin_jacobs 15y ago

   It's beyond time for some real privacy laws in this country, but I'm curious.. Can existing laws cover this? For example from what I understand, PCI compliance is required for storing credit card information. If CIQ is capturing this infor