Apple knows where you live! And where you work, eat...

Mine seems to know sort of everywhere I've been! It seems to have only been using mobile cell data as some of it is pretty inaccurate and when I have used the GPS there doesn't seem to be a trace for that.

Judging by how quickly the GPS eats batteries I guess the cell triangulation makes most sense anyway.
 
Did you miss the part which says the file is not transmitted to apple, so no apple don't know where you have been. It is only available if someone steals you phone and downloads the file, then I would be much more worried about my passwords and emais than details of where I have been.

It's not great but far to much over reaction, if it Transmitted back to apple that would be different, but would anyone care, just look t things like loyalty cards.

I hope like google they are forced to change though, with an opt out or similar.
 
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This isn't all that surprising. Most mobile carriers keep locational data every time you use your phone. I was listening to 2600 the other week and they were talking about a German politician who sued his phone company for 6 months worth of data they kept on him. He won, handed it over to a website and they turned it into an animation of his activities. It's a good watch.

http://www.zeit.de/datenschutz/malte-spitz-data-retention
 
iDroid84 said:
I bet Apple get shot for this !
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I don't see why they would - As Acid said, if they were delivering all this data back to Apple or out to other apps that would be reason enough for a massive backlash - But I don't really see the problem if they just record it on the phone - Have you got a good enough reason for people not to see where you have been?
 
Wicksta said:
It's not stored, at least at the telcos I've worked at.
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They are all in that case breaking the law...

It's worth noting the app doesn't use the precise data to somewhat obfuscate the usefulness of it to stalkers, the file itself contains far more accurate data but you'll have to extract it yourself.
 
I've downloaded and enabled with WiFi points, ~100,000 points, which is half what some people have which makes me wonder what the criteria for updating it are as I had iOS 4 since release!
 
It's just the latest example of the ham-fisted approach to privacy Apple (and other tech companies) take. It's easier to ask forgiveness than get permission, and they know it.
 
How else do you expect them to monitor significant changes in your location for background GPS if you don't store the data somewhere? At least apple don't transfer the data to their own servers like google do.

Anyway this is only an issue if someone steals your phone or hacks into your iTunes syncing computer.
 
theheyes said:
It's just the latest example of the ham-fisted approach to privacy Apple (and other tech companies) take. It's easier to ask forgiveness than get permission, and they know it.
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They have got permission everyone who upgraded, a accepted the t&cs.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._us_congressmens_query_about_ios_privacy.html

Bruce Sewell, general counsel for Apple, responded with a letter dated July 12, which explained the basics of the privacy policy revisions. Last month, the company added a new section to its customer privacy policy entitled "Location-Based Services." Users were required to agree to the new terms and conditions before they could download anything from iTunes or the App Store. Sewell said the company did this to ensure that everyone would see the changes.

The update said Apple and its partners could "collect, use and share precise location data, including real-time geographic location" of a device. The information could be supplied anonymously to help Apple's partners and licensees provide better products and services, but a user's personal information is never shared. Users can opt out of the service by visiting oo.apple.com.

In the letter, Sewell said Apple keeps location data for six months to improve its iAd network. After that, the information is aggregated.
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