I just saw a potential new lawsuit that states that Google is collecting and downloading data for potential use on a phone that is not even actively being used. The article from the register talks about this hidden practice, and something in which Google needs to come out and tell people about. What type of crap are they trying to do now?<\/p>\n
\nThe complaint contends that Google is using Android users’ limited cellular data allowances without permission to transmit information about those individuals
\nthat’s unrelated to their use of Google services.<\/p>\nData sent over Wi-Fi is not at issue, nor is data sent over a cellular connection in the absence of Wi-Fi when an Android user has chosen to use a network-connected
\napplication. What concerns the plaintiffs is data sent to Google’s servers that isn’t the result of deliberate interaction with a mobile device \u2013 we’re
\ntalking passive or background data transfers via cell network, here.<\/p>\n“Google designed and implemented its Android operating system and apps to extract and transmit large volumes of information between Plaintiffs\u2019 cellular
\ndevices and Google using Plaintiffs\u2019 cellular data allowances,” the complaint claims. “Google\u2019s misappropriation of Plaintiffs\u2019 cellular data allowances
\nthrough passive transfers occurs in the background, does not result from Plaintiffs\u2019 direct engagement with Google\u2019s apps and properties on their devices,
\nand happens without Plaintiffs\u2019 consent.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\nGoogle has a lot of explaining to do, and Android people need to understand this. If I were on that 300mb plan that I was on when I first started, even if I didn’t do anything with the phone, my data would just about be gone. That’s uncalled for.<\/p>\n