I just came across a recent article sent to me it was written by Josh Wolford and published on WebProNews regarding iPhones tracking our every move. Well this may or may not surprise you all but Hidden file reveals iPhone tracking and recording your every movements every day. “Well I know mine is going in the bin today”
One has to start to question all this, what motives are really behind the iPhone, why was the iPhone made as a completely sealed unit?
Is the iPhone just another Big Brother tactic and tracking device, and what is really with all the i in all their eye-dentification of the i products?
The other question that I raise as a confident consumer is why don’t they tell us about these tracking devices before we maa a purcahse of these products. Is there more sinister plots behind the iPhone and other i devices?
This is some of what Josh Wolford wrote about but to read the whole story visit WebProNews story
Is your iPhone Logging your Every Move?
Hidden file reveals iPhone tracking and recording your movements
By whom and for what reason is undetermined, but data scientists Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden have discovered a tracking file within devices that operate on iOS 4. Allan and Warden revealed their findings yesterday at the Where 2.0 location conference in Santa Clara, CA.
Do you have an Apple device? How much would a tracking log concern you? Let us know.
The file is called consolidated.db, and is completely unencrypted and unprotected. The file can be accessed on the device itself and it also appears on any computer with which the device has been synched. Apparently, the tracking began with the iOS 4 update.
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I’m going to disagree, i use mobile me, which allows me to send a message and remotely track and wipe my iphone. I would be more concerned about Google maps and it’s streetview technology or alternatively the fact you can “check in” Facebook, allowing your friends to know when your house is empty.
All the iPhone does (and you still need to have ssh access by the way) is show where you’ve been… People will be jealous of my trip to IGA, petrol station and my backyard.
Thanks Mick for your comments, maybe you agree or disagree it is opinion. However the question remains should consumers be advised before they purchase these items?
I would think yes, I agree that the Google street view is also an invasion of privacy and we all know ow Google attempts to control.
And yest I also agree that facebook is yet another issue regarding our rights to privacy. These days privacy is not our right is it a priviledge.
Either way my iPhone is in the trash today they stuff up more than they work anyway.