Microsoft reconsiders usage of Live.com geolocation data

Microsoft has decided to rethink its plans to use the geo-location data of Live.com, following renewed privacy concerns amongst users.
Cnet reports that Stanford Security Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Elie Bursztein, who was investigating the company's ability to track where a laptop had been by analyzing Wi-Fi data stored by Microsoft's MAC location database, was one of the first to notice that access to the database had been restricted.
Privacy versus usability
This follows a similar move by Google, which limited the access to its geo-location database back in June, following similar privacy concerns from users.
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