Okay, if I don't care about the privacy part of this, why would Nokia even do this? I mean what info is sent and what do they use it for or can it be used for? I bet Nokia is not using the sms info for anything. So is this just a really bad decision made by some really stupid-idiots that like the feeling of having the power to display some sort of "power" over a fairly large user base? "heheh, look how many people we managed to annoy with our extremely limited power"

Imagine I am right about this, what type of company would let this pass and even worse, officially and publicly protect and support this behavior.

A company with extremely bad leadership and no control over employees and projects?