If Apple intended to collect locations, I would expect them to have recorded GPS (when otherwise enabled), and WiFi RSSI, instead of just cell tower RSSI. I ca

If Apple intended to collect locations, I would expect them to have recorded GPS (when otherwise enabled), and WiFi RSSI, instead of just cell tower RSSI. I can imagine theories that include this omission as part of deniability for a cover-up, or from a combination of incompetence and malevolence, but such theories seem overly complicated compared to the assumption of a simple log leak like Twitter's recent password logging bug. Whether these theories are too complicated depends on your priors about the evil intent of Apple's management and employees. If you already assume they're hypocrites about privacy, the location logging confirms it. I doubt it's convincing otherwise. (It's not convincing to me, unless there's a simpler story that ties it into ill intent, and that I'm just not coming up with.)