Do you think Apple is watching you? Do you worry when you see this message?
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| Giving up your location |
If you answer is 'YES', read on. If your answer is NO, you might want to read on ^.^
Well, Apple has denied that it is tracking iPhone users. In fact Apple claims to NOT track iPhone users. However, much to the dismay of a LOT of 'normal' users, a few security researchers claimed to have found a hidden file on the devices containing a record of everywhere they had been.Some users managed to extract the data and plot it on maps.
Well, Apple has denied that it is tracking iPhone users. In fact Apple claims to NOT track iPhone users. However, much to the dismay of a LOT of 'normal' users, a few security researchers claimed to have found a hidden file on the devices containing a record of everywhere they had been.Some users managed to extract the data and plot it on maps.
It looked like this:
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| Apple's iPhone and iPad 3G appeared to collect information about their users' location |
This is a quote of what Apple said:
"The iPhone is not logging your location. Rather, it's
maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your
current location, some of which may be located more than one hundred
miles away from your iPhone, to help your iPhone rapidly and accurately
calculate its location when requested."
Naturally, Apple's explanation did not convince everyone, however.
Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, described it as "not plausible".
That makes iphone much cooler than any other unit. it's really great that iphone keeps on updating and upgrading its features.
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