[governance] Is this for real?

[Mawaki Chango]

On the other hand, when I followed the steps indicated I never found
the link "Remove all Web History" -- from "Go to web history" I only
got to a page at the bottom of which there are two options: "No
thanks" and "Turn web history on" (the text above just describes what
the user can get with web history.)

Will "No thanks" do it, or is it that "Remove all Web History" is not
allowed in some countries (say, US for instance.)
Thanks,

Mawaki



On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Roland Perry
<roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:
> at 22:17:37 on Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> writes
>
>>  [Google web history]
>
>
>> Scary :o
>
>
> It's the tip of the iceberg. Data being collected, and permissions given,
> are much broader than people generally realise.
>
> The most recent is perhaps "Facebook reading your emails".
>
> <http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1137661--facebook-denies-accusat
> ion-it-s-spying-on-text-messages>
>
> Although in this case I agree with the analysis that often even if a
> permission is granted, it doesn't mean it's being used (even in a benign
> way, let alone a malicious way).
>
> Looking at the Facebook Android App, and posting here without comment, it
> requires (amongst others) the following permissions:
>
> Read SMS messages stored on your phone.
> Receive and process SMS messages (allows monitoring or deleting without
>  showing them to you).
> Write to SMS messages stored on your phone.
> Send SMS messages.
> Read & Modify all of the contact(address) data stored on your phone.
> Manage accounts, including adding and removing accounts.
> Read phone state (including your phone number and the phone number you
>  are connected to).
> --
> Roland Perry
>
>
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