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Apple, Google and others questioned on data tracking

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Jos, Apr 26, 2011.

  1. Jos TechSpot Staff

    Smartphone location tracking has become a hot topic over the past few days, after a report emerged last week claiming iPhones and iPads are quietly recording users' locations and saving the data to unencrypted files. Later it was clarified that the company is simply mapping nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers, as opposed to your exact location, and is doing so using anonymized data when users opt-in to their iOS device's location services.

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    Jos, Apr 26, 2011
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  2. Archean TechSpot Paladin

    I think you can't expect much good from the politicians (because many of them receive 'donations' from the same or similar companies), but if there can be some good out of this, hopefully such tracking will be stopped and with reasonable punitive actions against the culprits.
    Archean, Apr 26, 2011
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  3. Guest

    ya! hope they stop tracking my phone calls too!!! they ALWAYS seem to know WHO i called, WHEN i called, and even how long I talked for!!! those dirty bastards!!!
    Guest, Apr 26, 2011
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  4. dotVezz Newcomer, in training

    Location tracking: Creepy... actually, downright frightening.

    Tracking who I call: Useful. Sorry, Guest, but I like being able to log into my web account and look at all of my call history.
    dotVezz, Apr 26, 2011
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  5. Guest

    @dotvezz Someone out there is saying EXACTLY what you just said saying "I like being able to log into my web account and at all of my location history"

    by the way i was being sarcastic since there will ALWAYS be paranoid people like yourself and many others....

    Big secret: noone gives a crap where you go, its for tower info and battery info to make better cellular service.
    Guest, Apr 26, 2011
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