>It “phone’s home” only on first run. Do we know that? The cache may well have an expiration date. Does the cache stay after an OS upgrade? I suspect further r

>It “phone’s home” only on first run. Do we know that? The cache may well have an expiration date. Does the cache stay after an OS upgrade? I suspect further research will discover it's not just 'first time'. >They can have your IP address but another mechanism would be needed to relate that to you.... if they wanted to do that they would surely use a more capable mechanism. The app profile would already tell a great deal. Once enough of these 'non-capable' surveillance mechanisms add up, you end up with a very capable surveillance mechanism.