Entries tagged with: apple
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GAO Recommends New Safeguards for Locational Data
"Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy," a report from the Government Accountability Office, essentially says that users of mobile devices have no idea what information about them is collected or how it is used. The report explains that...
Location Privacy: Apple iPhone / iPad
On April 20, 2011, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden announced that they had discovered that the Apple iPhone and the Apple 3G iPad were regularly recording the devices' locations into a hidden file. The data gathering, they claimed, was "clearly...
iPhones, iPads Collect and Store User Location Data
Security researchers have found that Apple records detailed location data of iPhone and iPad users. The information, which includes latitude/longitude and a time stamp, is captured by the devices and then transferred to a user's computer where it is stored...
