Apple releases iOS 4.3.3 which fixes location data tracking

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laffen Joined: Aug 07, 2001 Posts: > 500 From: Oslo, Norway PM	Posted: 2011-05-05 12:58 You might have heard recently that Apple are storing location data in a hidden file on iPhones and iPads. These claims are only partly true but Apple has nevertheless released an OS update to delete the file in question Esato News The Apple iOS is not the only operating system logging location data on the device without the user knowledge, but Apple is first in fixing the problem. Both Android and Windows Phone 7 OS does the same thing. A new version of iOS was release this week to deal with the tracking issue. Connect your Apple product to iTunes and download the 666 MB large file to update. iPhone are sometime calculating the location of the devices by using the nearest Wi-Fi hotspots and cell tower locations. By knowing the approximately location of the phone, GPS lookup time could be reduced noticeable from several minutes to just a few seconds. The time and location of the iPhone is stored in a file for quicker location lookup later. The problem was that this file was never deleted and location data was added even if Location Services was switched off on the phone. Users has reported up to a year's worth of location data on their iPhone. The OS update resolves this by reduce the size of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database cached on the iPhone ceases backing up the cache to iTunes deletes this cache entirely when Location Services is turned off Notice that the location data from all iPhones are still being sent anounymous and encrypted form to Apple for the benefit of other iPhone users. But that is not the only reason why Apple want this crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data. Apple plans to build a crowd-sourced database for providing traffic service in the next couple of years. Apple also use this location data to serve iPhone users location targeted advertising via the iAds system. Apple does not reveal if the location data is uploaded to Apple when the phone is connected via Wi-Fi or if this data could be transfered when connected via a network operator as well. Hopefully we are talking Wi-Fi only. We are sure no one are willing to pay for bandwith usage to their operator because Apple wants to server them better adds.

titus1 Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: > 500 From: here PM, WWW	Posted: 2011-05-05 16:03 650mb just to fix something...
masseur Joined: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Sydney, London PM	Posted: 2011-05-05 16:06 I'm not bothering with this upgrade as I'm not concerned about the privacy issues and don't want to lose my jailbreak for something this trivial Unless I'm very much mistaken... A-ZoTT
Indiandawg Joined: Sep 18, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Mumbai PM	Posted: 2011-05-05 19:38 Still waiting for iPad 2 jailbreak, forget the updates
masseur Joined: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Sydney, London PM	Posted: 2011-05-05 20:24 Rumours are that RedSn0w RC15 is supposed to do that when it comes out. Also, Geohot is rumoured to be updating GreenPo1son to do it Unless I'm very much mistaken... A-ZoTT
Tsepz_GP Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: Johannesburg, South Africa PM	Posted: 2011-05-05 20:31 Goodness, +600mb just for a fix???? I realy dont see what the issue is with all this, Apple,and Google have been doing this for years and it hasn't affected anyone negatively, if anything its gone into improving the user experience in both OS, both are now the big guns in the Smartphone industry. Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max Black Ti 512GB Tablet: iPad Pro 11” 2020 Space Gray 256GB Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray Droid: Huawei Mate 40 Pro 256GB

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