Hacking Corner

Nokia Sports Tracker is a nifty service (and S60 application) that allows you to store your walking/running/cycling/etc trip data in a file, and then upload it to the service. This file will contain the GPS coordinates you were on during your trip, allowing generation of nice graphs of average speed at the different parts of the trip, a map of the trip and so on. The data can also be exported and then imported to Google Earth of Google Maps for example. You can also upload pictures you took on the trip, and you’ll be able to see what position on the map you took them at.

It all seems free (for now) and nice, but a closer look at the Terms of Service does reveal something unpleasant.

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Uncategorized cycling, legal, nokia, privacy

I thought I’d have a look at Nokia’s Share on Ovi, but then this caught my eye in the Terms of Service:

The license you grant to Nokia is a worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute the content you provide (including any commentary or electronic files of any type), and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, your content.

Uh-huh. I don’t know if I’m reading this wrong or what, but I think I’ll steer away from Share, at least for now…

Uncategorized legal, nokia, privacy