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<blockquote data-quote="user 12139" data-source="post: 479830" data-attributes="member: 12139"><p>You need to be absolutely sure the App is not recording or tracking information and relaying back to the developer... BEWARE!</p><p></p><p>Also note that some Sat Nav devices (<u>yes SIM less too</u>) relay data back to developers, don't believe me... do some homework!</p><p></p><p>I won't go into details on how they do this but I will <strong>STRONGLY</strong> advise you to never ever, ever set waypoint names that reflect gold finds on any sort of device, be it a phone, Sat Nav or PC!</p><p></p><p>And last of all, did I mention Google Earth.</p><p></p><p>The mentality of all software developers is to get away with what they can until such time they are canned from doing so.</p><p></p><p>How do I know all this, I've a background in software development.</p><p></p><p>You need be prudent by reading the terms and conditions of all software that you don't wish your personal information and or data to be shared from. Most of the time for legal reasons they will disclose this somewhere within their terms and conditions of use. Don't forget they hold the rights to all information and data unless they clearly spell it out in laymen terms, and even then they need to also spell it out that they are not monitoring and or storing data for whatever reason.</p><p></p><p>Strangely enough, majority of software developers that lease software as apposed to selling it, as in this case, are leasing for a specific reason and that is - usually to retain all rights of all information and data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 12139, post: 479830, member: 12139"] You need to be absolutely sure the App is not recording or tracking information and relaying back to the developer... BEWARE! Also note that some Sat Nav devices ([u]yes SIM less too[/u]) relay data back to developers, don't believe me... do some homework! I won't go into details on how they do this but I will [b]STRONGLY[/b] advise you to never ever, ever set waypoint names that reflect gold finds on any sort of device, be it a phone, Sat Nav or PC! And last of all, did I mention Google Earth. The mentality of all software developers is to get away with what they can until such time they are canned from doing so. How do I know all this, I've a background in software development. You need be prudent by reading the terms and conditions of all software that you don't wish your personal information and or data to be shared from. Most of the time for legal reasons they will disclose this somewhere within their terms and conditions of use. Don't forget they hold the rights to all information and data unless they clearly spell it out in laymen terms, and even then they need to also spell it out that they are not monitoring and or storing data for whatever reason. Strangely enough, majority of software developers that lease software as apposed to selling it, as in this case, are leasing for a specific reason and that is - usually to retain all rights of all information and data. [/QUOTE]
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