Microsoft attacks Google with new videos

Microsoft continued the SCROOGLED marketing campaign against Google, deciding to draw public attention to the fact that Android "shares" with the developers of the personal data of its users when pumping applications from the Google Play online store.

Two new videos appeared on the SCROOGLED website, where it is shown in detail how this user personal information mechanism works, Vesti.ru reports. “When you purchase an application for Android, your full name, email address and location are transmitted to the developer. This happens every time you buy and without a clear warning,” the company says, and then it is told what can happen if the personal data of users fall into the hands of attackers.

It is quite obvious that the purpose of this campaign is to promote the products of Microsoft itself - this time the Windows Phone mobile platform. The developers of this OS assure that it does not disseminate the data of its users.

Representatives of Google in response explained that data transfer is necessary when making a transaction during online purchases. The Technoblog TechCrunch in this regard recalls that with the same success, Microsoft rollers could accuse any online store of this sin.

The SCROGLED campaign started in February 2012, when Microsoft criticized the "cloud" package Google Apps, announcing the absence of proper support for corporate users. Last fall, Soft -Brown Giant convicted the Google Shopping service that he ranks the search results not by relevance, but by the amount that the stores paid for promoting goods. As an "honest" alternative was called. Of course. Bing Shopping service.

At the beginning of this year, Microsoft attacked Gmail, saying that Gmail, the postal service of the Internet giant, secretly reads and analyzes the entire private correspondence of users to show them relevant advertising.