iPhone Functionality

[Bob Sneidar]

Yes the article said all that, except for the GPS vs. the cell triangulation. That is a good thing to know btw, because in viewing the map I got the same impression, since I recently went on a trip and had that data to compare with. I also noticed that there was a long stretch of highway which had no data points. Since I was using my iPad to keep track of where I was that stretch and not my iPhone, my guess is that it only records that data when you wake up your phone and connect to the cellular network. 

All the other stuff I was already aware of. Again, their point is that it stored the data on a computer where it could be easily accessed and in an unencrypted form. While I think that the Homeland Security act at the time was necessary, it would not surprise me to find that in that act there was authorization to require GPS enabled cell phone manufacturers to make their phones trackable, just in case. 

I don't see the article as hysterical though. Excited, overly concerned, maybe. 

Bob


On Apr 21, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote:

> On 20.04.11 at 11:32 -0700 Bob Sneidar apparently wrote:
>> Criminy! Well I have nothing to hide, so I'd like to see detailed information. Presently the open source app you can download to show this information reduces the detail and accuracy of the information so that someone malicious can't use the app against someone else. But they assure us that the data is detailed, to the second.
> 
> Criminy? Not really. Rather hysterical writing by 'pundits' who are stirring the pot in their own interest.
> 
> Apple has no idea where you've been. The file exists only on your phone (an in your backups of your phone). The data is not transmitted back to Apple. Furthermore, this is not GPS data, it is tower triangulation data.
> 
> AT&T on the other hand, has always! known where you are. Same for every mobile network provider.
> 
> See also
> http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/04/21/andy-ihnatko-location-log
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
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