Monday, May 2, 2011

Summary box: Apple iPhone followed by the (PA) file

Concerns: Security week researchers last advertising a file that store of iPhones bound PC, that contains a rough recording of movements telephone so that in a year. Privacy advocates questioned why phones were store this personal information, and whether Apple has been followed users.

RESPONSE to APPLE: Apple Wednesday, said that it does not track users, and file is used only to improve the responsiveness of the location-based applications. It will make software changes to protect the privacy of the file.

Which has no answer: Apple did not explain why the file contains all timestamps, allowing reconstruction of movements over time.

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