shannon: new concerns that big brother could be lurking in some of the most popular gadgets. yesterday we told you about apple coming under fire for its iphones and ipads. privacy watch dogs say they can keep track of you and where you go and the location saves every lil detail onto a secret file. a new report also accusing google of tracking your locations. adam shapiro is live in our newsroom. reporter: yes, google too would be devices that use the android operating system. google has a phone id on it. they know if you have that tee vice and it s device number one, two, three four it says one, two, three, four when they send the data back to google.
gender, your phone i.d. some of your personal details. not your name, but just about everything else about your phone has become your identity transmitted to third party third party marketers. so this is a serious problem. and this particular trade association is saying, okay, let s try to develop some sort of guidelines. almost like a do-not-call list or having an unlisted phone number. that s all so passe now. that s absolutely passe. and your information is being shared in so many different ways. and your phone has become that thing that tracks you everywhere is something that concerns a lot of people. they don t realize how much of their information is being passed along. you don t need the microchip in your head, you ve got it in your hand. and a lot of the developers say no we re not linking to your name or social security number, but it s you. the phone has become you. and you know what s interesting is that young people, those in their late teens and 20s have far le