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Lost In The iPhone Location FUD
- drivebyacct2 16y agoThis discussion presents no new information. There are a group of people who think this is bad, there are a group that think it's not a big deal and there is a group that don't understand what's going on. I think there are plenty of scenarios where the information could be accessed and used in ways that hurt end users. I also am skeptical of this notion that it was accidental, considering the rumors that they're using this data to build their own location services, the fact that they tried to patent the use of cached location data, etc. But the important part is that it's going to be fixed. As usual, I think this became blown out of proportion by the people screaming about it, the people trying to defend it, and Apple's usual... distortion. They're "fixing" something now that only a few days earlier they claimed wasn't occuring and/or wasn't a problem. Of course, some will say they're just responding to criticism the same way any company would, but I can't be the only one that took Jobs' "No we're not, and look Google is too" as a bit dishonest.