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<p dir="ltr">Thanks Harish.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The concerns I have seen re GPS chips are misplaced then. The concerns should really be about the use of the data by other apps. And a lot of them are gathering excessively already.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The possible abuse of a technology should not be a reason not to have the technology. All powerful technologies are susceptible to abuse.
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<p dir="ltr">Regards,<br>
ANG Peng Hwa </p>
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-------- Original Message --------<br>
From: Harish Pillay <harish.pillay@gmail.com><br>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:18 AM<br>
To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org,Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@gmail.com><br>
Subject: Re: [governance] GPS mandatory on all mobile phones to be manufactured in India.<br>
CC: George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky@gmail.com>,"Ang Peng Hwa (Prof)" <TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg><br>
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<p>> In this article, the sub-section titled "malware can turn on webcam" is what<br>
> causes concern. This danger is explained in greater detail in the article<br>
> http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/how-hackers-can-switch-on-your-webcam-and-control-your-computer-20130328-2gvwv.html<br>
><br>
> My concern about GPS is on a similar abuse of technology.<br>
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The GPS chips are receive only. The information it receives is then used<br>
by whatever application to then do as the application pleases based on<br>
the permissions granted to the application by the device.<br>
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Most technologies have dual purpose possibilities. A person trying to<br>
track her family via GPS enabled devices and appropriate apps would say<br>
that this is a wonderful thing and at the same time, be concerned that since<br>
she can track her family, so can anyone else. What is needed is trusted<br>
applications that declare what they are doing (along with view of the<br>
source code)<br>
to ensure that nothing is amiss and that there is a clear and defined set<br>
of considerations that are enumerated and understood.<br>
<br>
Harish<br>
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