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Weather channel. Powers iOS built-in weather, and fetching actual weather data = sending exact user location every hour. I have no idea why Apple allows this (
by tomaskafka 8y ago
Weather channel. Powers iOS built-in weather, and fetching actual weather data = sending exact user location every hour.
I have no idea why Apple allows this (the whole point of making Apple maps was to stop google tracking iOS users and here a service is getting everything).
(And Android - try to find an android phone where a default always on weather widget isn't preloaded on homescreen.)
- walterbell 8y agoWeather Channel is owned by IBM. Apple and IBM have a larger business partnership. IBM has a retail analytics business. https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/AABFA5DE-330F-11E6-9903-0BD581ABB253 https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/AABFA5DE-330F-11E... > Deep Thunder combines big data and machine-learning tools from IBM Research with The Weather Company’s global forecasting model ... the tool will help companies with critical decision making. The data will be able to show how minor changes to weather, such as temperature, might affect things like consumer buying behavior, helping retailers to adjust their supply chains and shelve stock
- tomaskafka 8y agoThere goes the privacy :). Now let's wait 3 years till some journalist 'discovers' this.