Researchers: iPhones, iPads tracking your every move
If you have an iPhone or 3G-enabled iPad with the latest operating system from Apple your device is recording everywhere it goes, two researchers announced on Tuesday.
Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan said they discovered an unencrypted file on the iOS 4 devices that stores a list of latitude-longitude coordinates and time stamps, and the file is copied to your computer whenever you sync your data.
"We're not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it's clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations," Allan wrote in an article published on oreilly.com.
Cellular carriers are able to track devices on their networks, but normally the tracking data is not available to anyone outside the carrier, and law enforcement agencies can usually access it only with the owner's permission or a court order.
The researchers said the tracking file stored by the iPhone and iPad is unencrypted, which means anyone with access to your phone or the computer you sync it with can read the device's tracking log. continue here
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Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves.
A hidden file in iOS 4 is regularly recording the position of devices.
by Alasdair Allan | @aallan | Comments: 150 | 20 April 2011
Apple Tracks and Logs iPhone and iPad Location Data in iOS 4
By Darrell Etherington Apr. 20, 2011, 7:22am PT 14 Comments
iPhone keeps record of everywhere you go
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
read the comments and consider the implications of the maps
(apparently this has been going on for a while. just more of the same old stuff that goes on "behind the curtain" of all these "wonderful" tech toys! forewarned is forearmed.)
If you have an iPhone or 3G-enabled iPad with the latest operating system from Apple your device is recording everywhere it goes, two researchers announced on Tuesday.
Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan said they discovered an unencrypted file on the iOS 4 devices that stores a list of latitude-longitude coordinates and time stamps, and the file is copied to your computer whenever you sync your data.
"We're not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it's clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations," Allan wrote in an article published on oreilly.com.
Cellular carriers are able to track devices on their networks, but normally the tracking data is not available to anyone outside the carrier, and law enforcement agencies can usually access it only with the owner's permission or a court order.
The researchers said the tracking file stored by the iPhone and iPad is unencrypted, which means anyone with access to your phone or the computer you sync it with can read the device's tracking log. continue here
links from this article:
Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves.
A hidden file in iOS 4 is regularly recording the position of devices.
by Alasdair Allan | @aallan | Comments: 150 | 20 April 2011
Apple Tracks and Logs iPhone and iPad Location Data in iOS 4
By Darrell Etherington Apr. 20, 2011, 7:22am PT 14 Comments
iPhone keeps record of everywhere you go
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
read the comments and consider the implications of the maps
(apparently this has been going on for a while. just more of the same old stuff that goes on "behind the curtain" of all these "wonderful" tech toys! forewarned is forearmed.)