Why would you make that leap? until yesterday, people didn't know android phones did it as well. I don't think one can say with certainty, just because Android and Apple collects this data that windows phone 7, Symbian, RIM, and web OS does the same.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Apr 23, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Also, what people don't realize is that all smart phones do this, not just > apple. Android does, and most likely, blackberries do too. So, it's not just > an Apple thing. > On Apr 22, 2011, at 6:09 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Oh, great! So, just don't go where you don't belong, and what's the big >> scare here? Maybe I'm overly Apple loyal. But, really, do we all have so >> many secret places we go? What about onstar? That lovely service that can >> respond in minutes to your emergency with the push of a button. Quite >> honestly, I don't think a single soul would benefit from knowing where i've >> been or where I'm going. >> I get the feeling someone's looking at Apple's profits and wanting a piece >> of the Apple pie. >> >> On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> http://api.recaptcha.net/noscript?k=6Lcb_78SAAAAAHmtN74lHVK-IOutZhLRidl4tCzl >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
