We talked about the pop up ad possibility a while back, now it seems apple
is gathering data on your whereabouts?
here is the story.
TVBizwire
Researchers Say Apple Is Tracking Locations of Mobile Device
Users betanews
A team of researchers says Apple is secretly obtaining the
locations of iOS4 users and recording them in a hidden file,
according to a betanews.com report.
Two of the researchers, Alasdair Allan and Peter Warden of
O'Reilly Media, presented their findings today at the Where 2.0
conference in Santa Clara, Calif.
According to the story, the revelation raises "obvious privacy
concerns and questions as to why Apple would be storing such
information. The researchers believe it is intentional, as the
file is restored after backups and even when the user switches to
a new device."
The group says the functionality is apparently new to iOS4, the
mobile operating system that runs the latest iPad, iPhone and
iPod touch. The researchers have reportedly tried to contact
Apple's security team but had yet to hear back from the company.
The story reports: "Allan says that the existence of the file on
on your computer is a security risk, as it is both unprotected
and un encrypted. `It can also be easily accessed on the device
itself if it falls into the wrong hands,' he wrote in a blog
post. `Anybody with access to this file knows where you've been
over the last year, since iOS4 was released.'"
http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2011/04/researchers-say-apple-is-track.php
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