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People "realized" this when Apple began doing it and honestly told people about it. It is trivially easy for you to turn off location sharing permissions for iP
by torstenvl 9y ago
People "realized" this when Apple began doing it and honestly told people about it. It is trivially easy for you to turn off location sharing permissions for iPhone Analytics if you so desire. It's right there in Settings.
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- on_and_off 9y ago>People "realized" this when Apple began doing it and honestly told people about it Do you have a source please ? As I remember it people realized that a lot of data was going to Apple's server (I will try to find the original articles again)
- thisacctforreal 9y agoOn the contrary; here's one about Google collecting cell tower data when location services are disabled. https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locations-even-when-location-services-are-disabled/ https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
- torstenvl 9y agoAre you maybe talking about the location cache?[0] That wasn't to any Apple server, it was a local cache that apps couldn't get unless they used a root exploit; was safe on your backups if they were encrypted; and was discussed in the TOS (Ars's sensationalism about "without your consent" notwithstanding). [0] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/04/how-apple-tracks-your-location-without-your-consent-and-why-it-matters/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/04/how-apple-tracks-you...