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Alex 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 iden
by ttol 15y ago
Alex 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 15y agoThat's a far cry from "the [iPhone] location database is uploaded to Apple twice a day".
- ttol 15y 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 15y agoThey send data every 12 hours, not "the iphone location database", there is a difference.