4 ms·

iOS cache_encryptedA.db contains unencrypted geo-locations harvested by apps

21 points by zolder 13y ago

midas007 13y ago
Reminiscent of the consolidated.db debacle: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tra...
- zolder 13y ago
  As I said: i didn't think this was something new. It was however not foreseen that this particular app would be harvesting my location, hence the surprise.
deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
nezza-_- 13y ago
IOS = Cisco Internetnetwork Operating System iOS = Apple's mobile operating system As someone who works/worked with both it always irritates me when they're spelled 'wrong'.
- zolder 13y ago
  yet another thing learned!
- guipsp 13y ago
  What about wii IOS?
- digitalnalogika 13y ago
  The first word of the title gets auto-capitalized no matter what you put inside, so you have to go and manually edit it to "iOS" afterwards. That's why you frequently see "IOS" and "IPhone" at the beginning of the title if the links are recent and no mod has edited it yet.
  - zolder 13y ago
    but I do have to admit I spelled it as "IOS" :)
- swinglock 13y ago
  Since we're playing that game, it's "Internetwork" OS, not "Internetnetwork".
  - nezza-_- 13y ago
    Ooops, honest typo :)
pudquick 13y ago
iOS 6 - which is because this is a 3GS. Welcome to 2012! http://www.binaryintel.com/iphone-forensics-location-information-mfc-2012/ http://www.binaryintel.com/iphone-forensics-location-informa... Nice screenshots, though? Your device has to be jailbroken to access it. This file doesn't show up in device backups. Now - tried jailbreaking an iOS 7 device and seeing if it was still there? That might actually grab some headlines. (Though, that might be a little hard for anyone who's decided to PIN / password lock their phone - since your phone has to be unlocked now to approve pairing to an unknown device ....)
- zolder 13y ago
  well thank you, you won a reference in the blogpost
- makomk 13y ago
  We're in 2014 and a second hand 3GS still costs more than many of the cheaper newly manufactured Android phones. I'm pretty sure plenty of people are still using them.
craz 13y ago
Isn't this just part of assisted GPS? iOS caches the locations of recently seen wireless access points to speed up location services. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
- richardwhiuk 13y ago
  Yes

21 points by zolder 13y ago

Reminiscent of the consolidated.db debacle: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tra...

zolder 13y ago
As I said: i didn't think this was something new. It was however not foreseen that this particular app would be harvesting my location, hence the surprise.

deleted 13y ago

[deleted]

nezza-_- 13y ago

IOS = Cisco Internetnetwork Operating System iOS = Apple's mobile operating system As someone who works/worked with both it always irritates me when they're spelled 'wrong'.

zolder 13y ago
yet another thing learned!
guipsp 13y ago
What about wii IOS?
digitalnalogika 13y ago
The first word of the title gets auto-capitalized no matter what you put inside, so you have to go and manually edit it to "iOS" afterwards. That's why you frequently see "IOS" and "IPhone" at the beginning of the title if the links are recent and no mod has edited it yet.
- zolder 13y ago
  but I do have to admit I spelled it as "IOS" :)
swinglock 13y ago
Since we're playing that game, it's "Internetwork" OS, not "Internetnetwork".
- nezza-_- 13y ago
  Ooops, honest typo :)

pudquick 13y ago

iOS 6 - which is because this is a 3GS. Welcome to 2012! http://www.binaryintel.com/iphone-forensics-location-information-mfc-2012/ http://www.binaryintel.com/iphone-forensics-location-informa... Nice screenshots, though? Your device has to be jailbroken to access it. This file doesn't show up in device backups. Now - tried jailbreaking an iOS 7 device and seeing if it was still there? That might actually grab some headlines. (Though, that might be a little hard for anyone who's decided to PIN / password lock their phone - since your phone has to be unlocked now to approve pairing to an unknown device ....)

zolder 13y ago
well thank you, you won a reference in the blogpost
makomk 13y ago
We're in 2014 and a second hand 3GS still costs more than many of the cheaper newly manufactured Android phones. I'm pretty sure plenty of people are still using them.

craz 13y ago

Isn't this just part of assisted GPS? iOS caches the locations of recently seen wireless access points to speed up location services. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

richardwhiuk 13y ago
Yes