Is Win7 a privacy pirate?

A year ago it was claimed the controls over access to geo-locating technology are currently inadequate, and could lead to people tracking your location when you don't want them to. Not only Microsoft, but just about anyone with the right software.

An entry at windows7forums.com suggests nothing has changed.

Not giving the user precise control over how this feature is protected concerns me quite a bit.

According to current information, to ensure your personal security and disabling the geo-locating technology enough to prevent undesirable second-party tracking your movements currently would significantly impair benefits you could obtain from using the features.
In other words, to enable Win7 to use just about any apps that use geo-tracking exposes you to being tracked by someone else.

Assuming this is valid, it seems to me that Microsoft could address this rather easily. The questions are:

Has Microsoft already eliminated this security exposure?

Is this a misinterpretation of the facts?

Will Microsoft eliminate the security exposure? (which if it exists is a great concern)

Should Microsoft eliminate the security exposure if it has decided to do nothing about it? (aka Are you or are you not willing to give up your physical privacy just so you can use the applications that use this feature?)

Nov 2008
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Windows_7_Will_Let_Microsoft_Tra...Every_Move

Oct 2009
http://windows7forums.com/blogs/tblount/87-10-7-09.html