Apple made a splash in the news this month with their iPhone 4. This time it wasn’t the stunning design or the cool new apps, it was the fact that Apple continually tracks and records the location of your iPhone. Creepy. That’s pretty much the story, but here are several places where you can get all the skin-crawling details…
Apple isn’t alone in the privacy invasion department- Government tracks your iPhone, too The Washington Times, 7:58 p.m., Monday, April 25, 2011
Privacy fears raised as researchers reveal file on iPhone that stores location coordinates and timestamps of owner’s movements Charles Arthur, Guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 April 2011 14.06 BST
Apple Iphone tracks your movements and records the data secretly By Chris Martin, the Inquirer, Wed Apr 20 2011, 17:35
iPhone tracks your every movement RT News, 20 April, 2011, 19:46
Apple Sued for Invading Privacy by Tracking iPhone Movements Greg Tito, Escapist Magazine, 26 Apr 2011 21:13
Investigators use iPhones to track owners’ movements Troy Wolverton, Mercury News, 04/21/2011 04:21:31 PM PDT
What your cell phone data reveals about you and your life IntoMobile, Monday, April 25th, 2011 at 9:51 AM PST
LAST MINUTE UPDATE… Apple recently denied that it was tracking user movements, and said that the information was a record of cellphone towers and wi-fi hotspots that eliminated the need to repeatedly access GPS satellites to determine the phone’s location. It promised to fix the “bug” in a coming software update.
