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Big Apple/Brother
posted by Rob on April 20, 2011 09:48 PM
Apparently iPhones keep an accurate log of everywhere you've been and exactly when you were there. The information's not even very well hidden, and that log ends up on whichever computer you sync your phone with, as well as on the phone itself. Understandably a few privacy advocates have raised their eyebrows over this. One of the people who thought the world should know about this decided - rather brilliantly - to spread the word by writing an application that'll fetch that info and plot it on a map. Click a button and watch an animation of everywhere you've been since you bought your phone. I just downloaded the Mac-only application from here and thirty seconds later was looking at the picture below. That's all the places I've been in the UK in the last couple of years. Amazing. And also troubling. (Hey Jenn, proof that I travel up to visit you fairly often!)
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Yay!
But not often enough! :)
Posted by: Jenn Ashworth on April 21, 2011 02:02 PM
I bet the conspiracy theorists are going to jump all over this. "Apple are in collusion with the Grey Aliens, who are tracking the movements of abductees!" Or some such gibberish.
But it is kind of scary. I heard someone saying on the news that companies will be able to access data on the movements of consumers on high streets and in shopping centres to get a clear picture of shopping habits. More sinister is the possibility that the authorities will also use this information to track our movements - which raises a question. I'm guessing that, in spite of its popularity, only a very small proportion of the population actually possesses an iPhone. Are there similar logs present on all smart phones?
Posted by: Alan Baker on April 22, 2011 01:57 PM
Does that include all the places where your stolen iPhone went? I don't remember you going to St Ives - maybe the burglars took your phone on holiday there.
Posted by: Em on April 22, 2011 05:07 PM