[i4blux]

If DoD wanted to track people they can just do it by triangulating the cellular signal. No need for a smartphone.

[mateo1]

If you want transcriptions, proximity indication, scanning wireless networks, expanding your geodesic grid to accurately locate dumbphones etc, you need custom software. This is what this is (mostly) about. Sure we can pretend it's about "harmless" data mining but there's no such thing.