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This is disinformation. I’ll just pick out one line, but my comments apply to the rest:
“Built-In applications such as Maps and Camera use this geolocational data to operate.”
There is no need for a long log of everywhere you have been to make the Maps and Cameras functions operable. A real time (or a record of the most recent GPS lock) would be sufficient for these functions.
Likewise with the rest of the excuses, except for the forensics aka government tracking...
I knew this had been discovered over 6 months ago. I'm glad this author is taking credit for having published about it and setting the record straight.
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Obama wants to know where you go and what you do. Big brother is looking .
I am an anti-socialist and thus with the current political leadership my freedom of speech could be viewed as seditious.
Why take the chance?
I use a disposable Tracphone, if I do get a smartphone it will be in a portable farday shielded case, it will NOT be my monitor into where I am or what I do.
As far as I have understood cell phones, this is nothing really new. All cell phone carriers have always known which tower you are connected to when you call, and have made that information available to law enforcement without a warrant for years. I don’t see how this new revelation is any more intrusive than what has always been happening with cell phones.
Nothing in this article refutes the existence or magnitude of the problem; in one area, he basically confirms the worst case scenario. The author seems to be mainly concerned that he didn’t receive proper credit for finding out about these logs first. Apple should be scrambling to release a firmware update that lets the user turn off this data logging, and an application that allows past logs to be deleted from any computers or backups that were made when syncing.
When Google collects data, it is suspect.
When Microsoft has data leaks, fears are raised.
When Apple creates a log of your movements, it is defended.
Sorry, but anyone who defends this is a class-a hypocrite unless they can show where they have posted a defense of other companies doing the same thing.
Add to which reports today on fox that Android/Google does the same with the added twist the info is tied to the actual device.
iPhone post.