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Vlingo is an intelligent software assistant and knowledge navigator functioning as a personal assistant application for Symbian, Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and other smartphones. The application uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to various applications. [1]

After years of patent infringement lawsuits between the two companies, Vlingo was acquired by Nuance in December 2011 for undisclosed terms.[2]

Privacy violations [link]

In January 2012 AndroidPit discovered that Vlingo sends packets of information containing the users GPS co-ordinates, IMEI (unique device identifier), contact list and the title of every song stored on the device back to Nuance without proper warning in the privacy policy. [3] [4] [5]

References [link]

  1. ^ Banks, Courtney. "A Safer Way to Text on the Road". The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal. https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704509704575019973613057184.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  2. ^ Murphy, Samantha. "Nuance Acquires Voice-Recognition Competitor Vlingo". Mashable. Mashable, Inc.. https://mashable.com/2011/12/20/nuance-acquires-vling/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  3. ^ Tilton, Aaron. "Vlingo Privacy Breach: Data Sent to Remote Servers Without Consent". AndroidPit. AndroidPit. https://www.androidpit.com/en/android/blog/401784/Vlingo-security-flaw. Retrieved 23 January 2012. 
  4. ^ Bloom, Steven. "Are You Using Vlingo? Your Privacy May Be at Risk". AndroidPit. AndroidPit. https://www.androidpit.com/en/android/blog/401896/Vlingo-Privacy-Breach. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  5. ^ Copper, Daniel. "Vlingo co-founder explains data-collection issues". Engadget. Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2012/01/26/vlingo-explains-data-collection/. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 


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