iPhone 'secret file' records users' every move

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Most likely but then you wonder why have Apple left the file unencrypted in the first place? Which can also be located within your iOS back ups on your computer systems. I don't find this too much of a problem in regards of Apple tracking locations but don't they have to inform the owners of the devices that they are doing this?

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Suppose, I'm not sure how iOS works so hard to say why they haven't. Perhaps it's the only way legitimate Apps can collect data, or the phone itself? Most smartphones tend to have some mention of privacy, locations and how they collect data, so maybe Apple think this covers them.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Suppose, I'm not sure how iOS works so hard to say why they haven't. Perhaps it's the only way legitimate Apps can collect data, or the phone itself? Most smartphones tend to have some mention of privacy, locations and how they collect data, so maybe Apple think this covers them.

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Apple stated they did this a while back and only did it if the user agreed, some say this isn't the case and they do it regardless.

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Apple told Congress last July that all location data collected by the iPhone remains private. According to Apple lead counsel Bruce Sewell, Apple does collect anonymous location data from iPhones in an effort to improve its own database of cell tower and WiFi hotspot locations, but that it only does this with user consent. The discovery made by Allan and Warden clearly shows that this is happening constantly without explicit consent like Apple treats GPS, however, and it sure isn't anonymous when it's accessible directly from the user's device.

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I thought I would add this in about other phone platforms that both have this whole "Location" services and what not:

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Google has an opt-in system for location data collection but they refused to answer on the record whether this "anonymous" location data is logged persistently. While no file was found on the Android phones, Google of course would be pretty happy to store the reams of data on their servers and sell it to advertisers for the highest bid.

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Microsoft got asked the same question in regards of Windows Phone 7 and they confirmed
the only locational data stored on your Windows Phone 7 device is your last known location, for use with the Find My Phone feature.

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