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>Calling it "tracking data" is wrong, even. I wish people would stop saying this. Of course it's tracking data. There's nothing wrong with that. One of the pho
by lukeschlather 16y ago
>Calling it "tracking data" is wrong, even.
I wish people would stop saying this. Of course it's tracking data. There's nothing wrong with that. One of the phone's features is tracking your location so you don't get lost.
Personally I think Apple has overreacted. They just need to provide a configuration setting for the size of the cache, and more importantly not include it in backups. A cache is not important enough to back up. But as far as the size of the cache, the defaults sound sane enough.
- jmreid 16y agoYou could also call the IP address that you're sending email from 'tracking data' if you wanted. Hell, I get a text message from Rogers the second I land in the US to let me know that roaming rates apply. The fact that I have a device that has to talk to another end point means that I can be tracked.
- lukeschlather 16y agoYes, I would call that tracking data. But unlike IP address headers, this cache contains information that is by design displayed to the user to help track their location.