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It's more than that. The article implies that Foursquare is sourcing data from a variety of apps, including apps that are associated with your real world identi
by abalone 8y ago
It's more than that. The article implies that Foursquare is sourcing data from a variety of apps, including apps that are associated with your real world identity and preferences and lifestyle activities, which increases the opportunity for privacy invasions.
For comparison when Apple Maps shares your position information it is a strictly anonymous session ID that is not associated with your Apple ID and is regularly discarded.[1]
[1] https://www.apple.com/privacy/approach-to-privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/approach-to-privacy/
- shereadsthenews 8y agoIs that really accurate? iOS comes out of the box with "improve Apple Maps" enabled, which collects location data and associates it with your Apple ID and your registered address. They do this even if you've literally never launched their terrible, useless map application that nobody likes. Always seemed pretty underhanded.
- abalone 8y ago> collects location data and associates it with your Apple ID What is your source?
- shereadsthenews 8y agoThat's what it says it does under the control to turn it off in the settings.
- abalone 8y agoThat’s a pretty disingenuous reading. It says “Apple will only retain the resulting coordinates in an anonymous form to improve Maps and other Apple location-based products and services.”