I want to touch on the current apple crisis, I'm referring to the news that the iphone and ipad running version 4 of the IOS software has a file embedded that has been tracking the position of said devices for about 10 months now. According to the report this is accomplished by utilizing cellular towers to triangulate current positions and then the info is stored locally on the device or your computer after syncing with itunes. Supposedly Apple Inc. is not privy to this info but the information is not encrypted unless you encrypt your back ups and seems to be pretty easily accessible. Now whether or not this information actually provides much use to anyone is debatable, but perhaps it could allow a potential thief to know when someone is typically at home or not, or a potential stalker to know where he is victim is at. Either way this reeks of an Orwelllian aftertaste and something that Apple Inc. needs to come clean on and eliminate in its next update.
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