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Title: iPhone has been secretly tracking and storing everywhere you go.
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URL Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/dail ... topStories&pos=8&asset=&ccode=
Published: Apr 25, 2011
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Post Date: 2011-04-25 13:20:56 by PSUSA
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iPhone has been secretly tracking and storing everywhere you go. Read that again. Your iPhone has been secretly tracking and storing everywhere you go. That's right. Apple built this feature into your iPhone without telling you. By doing so, Apple made it possible for anyone who gets ahold of your iPhone or Mac (or any other device synced with either) to figure out exactly where you were when--including police, the government, anyone who sues you, private investigators, and anyone who steals your iPhone. That is outrageous. If any other company had done this, America's privacy zealots would be demanding the CEO's resignation. There would be threats. There would be lawsuits. There would, at the very least, be incessant demands for the company to acknowledge the behavior, explain it, and apologize for it. And yet, because the company is Apple, there have been none of those things. Instead, Apple fans like have suggested that the secret feature is a "bug." And there have been mainstream media stories suggesting that it must be some kind of "mistake." Privacy expert Marc Rotenberg, the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington DC, says Apple's silence on this issue is startling. He suspects the company is debating whether and how to fix the problem, rather than just acknowledging and apologizing for it. (To date, Apple hasn't even acknowledged it.) In the accompanying video, Rotenberg also explains exactly what Apple's location-tracking does, why it's a concern, and how it is different from what Google and other companies do.
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#1. To: PSUSA (#0)
bullshit. how would a plantiff get access to, or even if they stole it, find how to see where youve been? they wouldnt. neither would the cops or 'private eyes', unless they had a warrant or unless you were suspected of something.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
its one thing to expose the police state.but i tend to agree w/you that the conspiracy sites twist,exagerate& fear monger much of whats happening.This from someone who actually forces pigs to apologize in writing for their wrongdoing,not cower under a bed
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
It doesn't look that way to me. From the first link in the OP: Security researchers at the Where 2.0 conference have discovered that your iPhone keeps track of everywhere you go. All the time. The Guardian has the story. This info is not transmitted to Apple but it stays on your phone and is synced to your computer and new devices. This means that someone who stole your computer or your phone could access this file and see everywhere you've been. This is obviously a huge privacy violation and it's not clear why Apple would do such a thing. The researchers haven't been able to find a similar "feature" on Android. From The Guardian has the story ...Security researchers have discovered that Apple's iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner's computer when the two are synchronised. /snip/ Emphasis mine.
anyone who sues you
#2. To: PSUSA (#0)
#3. To: Artisan (#1)
how would a plantiff get access to, or even if they stole it, find how to see where youve been? they wouldnt. neither would the cops or 'private eyes', unless they had a warrant or unless you were suspected of something.
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The 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children." -David Lane
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#4. To: PSUSA (#3)
that still has nothing whatsoever to do with the cops, & especially nothing to do with "someone who sues you" in a civil lawsuit.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
#5. To: PSUSA (#0)
No Apple FTW!!!
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"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
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#6. To: PSUSA, *Israeli Espionage* (#0)
Has anybody asked whether Israel intelligence services has access to this Apple application?? That's the other shoe dropping on this BS.
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"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#7. To: Artisan (#4)
Since when do the pigs care about the constitution? There was already an article here showing the pigs downloading info off of cellphones. It was posted not too long ago, maybe 3-4 days ago. And when it comes to civil law, I dont know much about this. I wonder if this could be used in the discovery process? Or maybe the lawsuit angle is a red herring since this was evidently kept a secret. Lawyers weren't meant to find out about this. ;
nothing whatsoever to do with the cops
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The 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children." -David Lane
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” -Seneca
#8. To: X-15, 4 (#6)
I'd be more concerned about our .gov in this fiasco-in-the-making. There is no legitimate reason to make secret files showing locations etc. What I'd like to know is if apple uses spyware on peoples computers or on the phone itself to enable that data to be retrieved at will. .
Has anybody asked whether Israel intelligence services has access to this Apple application?
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files
The 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children." -David Lane
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” -Seneca
#9. To: PSUSA (#7)
like most topics, wtf kind of dope would 'hand over their cellphone' upon demand to a traffic cop? insanity. Cops dont follow the CON'stution, but that doesnt mean they have access to your iphone or laptop either.
A plantiff may *try* to subpeana such a thing but are unlikely to get it unless they can prove relevance to the financial dispute. very unlikely, as i see it.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
#10. To: Artisan (#9)
No argument there. That's the nature of castrated sheep. .
wtf kind of dope would 'hand over their cellphone' upon demand to a traffic cop? insanity. Cops dont follow the CON'stution, but that doesnt mean they have access to your iphone or laptop either.
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files
The 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children." -David Lane
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” -Seneca
#11. To: PSUSA (#0)
I can tell you one thing for sure, it is not a bug. Bugs don't log data to a file. This was done on purpose. Obviously it is something Apple thought would never be found out, but they also had no idea the iPhone would ever get so popular and that experts would tear it apart and investigate it in detail. They also didn't think programmers would hack it so fast, but they did. They may have a closed propitiatory system, but with reverse engineering and enough time, it is possible to have a good idea of the source code.
God is always good!
#12. To: Artisan (#1) (Edited)
This would be easy. The iPhone was hacked just months after it came out in 2007. All anyone has to do is jailbreak their iPhone and find the correct file with the logs of GPS roaming data. This is not a hard task at all.
or even if they stole it, find how to see where youve been?
God is always good!
#13. To: X-15 (#6)
It wouldn't surprise me at all.
Has anybody asked whether Israel intelligence services has access to this Apple application?? That's the other shoe dropping on this BS.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#14. To: RickyJ (#11)
Agreed. I bet the hackers out there got a good laugh when they read that. .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files
The 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children." -David Lane
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” -Seneca
#15. To: X-15 (#6)
I do not have an iPhone and do not plan on getting one either.
Has anybody asked whether Israel intelligence services has access to this Apple application?? That's the other shoe dropping on this BS.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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