Security Implications for new Palm Pre Devices

JTS

Great article at Joey Hess’s blog that apparently demonstrates that the Palm Pre periodically uploads GPS coordinates for the current user, along with applications used and application crash logs. Seems to be a bit of a security concern if these phones where used in a corporate environment.

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