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They make all sorts of claims in that article but never do they show the data is sent to Apple. Alex Levinson (cited in the above link) actually states that it
by tvon 16y ago
They make all sorts of claims in that article but never do they show the data is sent to Apple.
Alex Levinson (cited in the above link) actually states that it has not been shown that Apple is collecting this data:
https://alexlevinson.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/3-major-issues-with-the-latest-iphone-tracking-discovery/ https://alexlevinson.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/3-major-issues...
- ttol 16y agoAlex Levinson says that it's illegal to determine the location or movement of a person. Apple's lead counsel Bruce Sewell says this is not the case as the identifier is randomized, and that Apple does collect anonymous location data from iPhones in an effort to improve its own database of cell tower and WiFi hotspot locations. See: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/apple-responds-to-congress-swears-location-data-is-private.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/apple-responds-to-...
- tvon 16y agoThat's a far cry from "the [iPhone] location database is uploaded to Apple twice a day".
- ttol 16y agoNot really. Many articles discuss that they send the data every 12 hours. For example, here's one: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Apple-Tells-Congressmen-it-Batches-Encrypts-Location-Data-411968/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Apple-T...
- tvon 16y agoThey send data every 12 hours, not "the iphone location database", there is a difference.