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Wow, this is an amazing find. I can understand that Apple/govt would love this information. But anyone has guesses on why this would be a public facing feature

by wsr 13y ago

Wow, this is an amazing find. I can understand that Apple/govt would love this information. But anyone has guesses on why this would be a public facing feature?

ladino 13y ago
transparency for privacy (+1 for apple)
julianpye 13y ago
Four years ago I led a project like this. In this slideset you can see on page 4 what we wanted to build and on page 5 whate we would need: http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/slides/vodafone-pye.pdf http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/slides/vodafone-pye.pdf
- ronaldx 13y ago
  This is a super-interesting project, but not something I would be interested in using. If I arrive at Piccadilly Circus, I don't want my phone to tell me what service I [should need/should be using] - I want to easily and consistently access any service that I want from my phone. I want to be in control of my phone, not for my phone to be in control of me.
  - julianpye 13y ago
    Even then people were overwhelmed by the phone functions and could not navigate the directory when they needed something quick. With people having installed tens of apps nowadays, this problem is even worse...
    - ronaldx 13y ago
      I feel that the correct solution to this is approximately the one that now exists: allowing people to control how the navigation screens look, and control for themselves how to access the apps they use.
NamTaf 13y ago
As another poster said, it will analyse your locations and predict your 'home to work' time, or between offices, so you can account for travel time (see OSX Mavericks calendar improvements). I'm sure they will also use it some other ways too, but the gist is that it actually benefits end-user features and isn't just for dragnet data collection.
37prime 13y ago
Would you rather not having this feature? It is better to have th ability to clear this data from your phone, which is currently provided in iOS 7 beta 5.
voodoo123 13y ago
It's not an Amazing find at all, given that apple has built a relatively sophisticated UI for it. It's public facing precisely because people are concerned about this kind of data collection. This way you can make an informed choice about what apps can see about you and what to send to apple.

by wsr 13y ago

Wow, this is an amazing find. I can understand that Apple/govt would love this information. But anyone has guesses on why this would be a public facing feature?

ladino 13y ago

transparency for privacy (+1 for apple)

julianpye 13y ago

Four years ago I led a project like this. In this slideset you can see on page 4 what we wanted to build and on page 5 whate we would need: http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/slides/vodafone-pye.pdf http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/slides/vodafone-pye.pdf

ronaldx 13y ago
This is a super-interesting project, but not something I would be interested in using. If I arrive at Piccadilly Circus, I don't want my phone to tell me what service I [should need/should be using] - I want to easily and consistently access any service that I want from my phone. I want to be in control of my phone, not for my phone to be in control of me.
- julianpye 13y ago
  Even then people were overwhelmed by the phone functions and could not navigate the directory when they needed something quick. With people having installed tens of apps nowadays, this problem is even worse...
  - ronaldx 13y ago
    I feel that the correct solution to this is approximately the one that now exists: allowing people to control how the navigation screens look, and control for themselves how to access the apps they use.

NamTaf 13y ago

As another poster said, it will analyse your locations and predict your 'home to work' time, or between offices, so you can account for travel time (see OSX Mavericks calendar improvements). I'm sure they will also use it some other ways too, but the gist is that it actually benefits end-user features and isn't just for dragnet data collection.

37prime 13y ago

Would you rather not having this feature? It is better to have th ability to clear this data from your phone, which is currently provided in iOS 7 beta 5.

voodoo123 13y ago

It's not an Amazing find at all, given that apple has built a relatively sophisticated UI for it. It's public facing precisely because people are concerned about this kind of data collection. This way you can make an informed choice about what apps can see about you and what to send to apple.