I find the tone of this post to be more than a little irritating, but this article pretty much explains what’s going on with the “secret tracking file”.
I find the tone of this post to be more than a little irritating, but this article pretty much explains what’s going on with the “secret tracking file”.
The basic message of the article is that the stored db of locations is used by the CoreLocation Framework data and is thus accessible via that API. Therefore, STFU.
I’m not convinced. A quick scan of the CoreLocation Framework documentation shows methods for getting the current location and heading, monitoring changes in location/heading, monitoring when passing in and out of a region, etc, but nothing for accessing past location information. The need and usefulness of the database for CoreLocation Framework purposes is dubious at best.
Droid in one hand and Blackberry in the other. Been trying Google’s GPS so I guess everyone knows where I am.
Yeah, well, the truth is that it’s not like I exactly hide my whereabouts most of the time anyway. I’d be absurdly easy to track down.
True, but I guess the issue is that it’s your choice. Pretty foolish that iPhone owners found out through a news story. Now if you get stopped in Michigan, I guess it won’t matter anyway
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