Couldn't she just go to the mall, or wherever, and then turn it off and go elsewhere? Upon completing her tryst she could return to the mall and turn it back on then go home.
There’s no escaping this privacy issue for the iBots...this is bad anyway you look at it.
As others have explained, I am not smart enough to know, the phone only stores the last time a tower or other hotspot was used, not each time it was used. That makes creating a long term map of travel impossible.
Also, for law enforcement purposes, a warrant for the information from the service provider will produce the same thing. I remember years ago a well know preacher in Dallas killed (allegedly) his wife to be with another woman. The strongest evidence against him was his cell phone records showing where he was when. So, this has been available a long time.
1) She can’t just turn it off if she needs it to stay in contact and return my calls when I call her.
2) This does make a map...this is a bit of damage control in this thread that’s not 100% accurate.
3) The point is a warrant is a bit harder to get...but as it stands right now in Michigan police have a tool to grab this from an iPhone no warrant needed.