Apple Becomes Big Brother
iPhone 4, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
The only reason this made any news is because it is Apple. If it had been Android, Blackberry, etc, it would not have made news at all.
Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
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Apple spies on us.
No they don't. Do a little research before posting and don't believe every sensationalist news story you read:
A video I watched on You Tube stated 32000 entries in the database!... Is this the reason My Others folder was once 5gb??
Its there for a reason, why would it be there if it wasnt for Apple, maybe not now but in the future??
Julian Wright wrote:
Apple spies on us.
No they don't. Do a little research before posting and don't believe every sensationalist news story you read:
After reading that link I'm MORE concerned rather than less.
DavidK2010 wrote:
Its there for a reason, why would it be there if it wasnt for Apple, maybe not now but in the future??
My guess would be for the same reason so many web sites plant a tracking cookie on your computer and note every web site you visit - marketing. Apparently, things like knowing where iPhone and iPad owners frequent is of value to advertisers and marketing/sales folks to target specific demographics with advertisements, promotions, product placement and so on.
Annoying, you bet. Surprising, not to me, not really (I'd say almost inevitable, and even if no other phone maker has implemented it yet, I don't believe for one second that they all have not thought about doing it, or even have plans to do it in the works).
DavidK2010 wrote:
A video I watched on You Tube stated 32000 entries in the database!... Is this the reason My Others folder was once 5gb??
No. Your Other folder was 5gb because you had corrupted files in it.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
When you say "wildly inaccurate" did you take into consideration the note in the FAQ
Yes, I do read things.
But it was inaccurate beyond that.
I looked into the file, and it isn't that accurate.
If you opened my iphoto and looked at the photos locations you would be able to track me better.
As for those who claim that Apple is some Big Brother type tracking your life, I do hope you do sell your Apple products. And I hope you don't post here any more.
And out of interest for those with some intellect:
This is just a cache that hasn't gotten cleaned up, rather then some sinister tracking tool.
I assume Apple will remove this bug with the next iOS update.
Right now I don't have to do a thing as I use and encrypted backup, and I would have far bigger things to worry about if someone stole my laptop or iPhone (like having to restore from backups, and the annoyance of dealing with insurance).
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pacificblue you are kinda correct. You can secure youre privacy by either splitting up your ip address and using a differnt one (illegal). or use a program to protect you from ip address searches.
um if they planted a tracking cookie then that is illegal. also one of the many reasons why you delete youre cookies daily.
You do realize, don't you that, a) this thread has been dormant for almost 6 months and b)Apple released a patch that changed the way the information is being stored?
It's the "More Like This Sidebar"
ASC perhaps not closing the thread after a certain amount of inactivity time has passed, what that time should be is rather debatable.
This is a support site, perhaps if a person clicks to reply to a thread that's over 6 months old it should direct the user to make a new thread and explain their issue and automatically create a link to the old thread in case there is some relevance there?
Something to bring up to the forum gods.
ds store wrote:
Something to bring up to the forum gods.
Done 🙂
blastpepsi wrote:
pacificblue you are kinda correct. You can secure youre privacy by either splitting up your ip address and using a differnt one (illegal). or use a program to protect you from ip address searches.
Not a chance, you use any electronic device and they can find you and track you, by your MAC address, even by the slight differences your computer keeps time from other computers on the Internet.
I worked with a electronics warfare technician in the military 20 years ago, that same technology has filtered down to just about any cop on the beat, most security firms and unscrupulous marketers.
The entire technological industry has shown they clearly intend to do what ever the heck they want, whenever they want and the only choice you have is not to use anything they make.
You can't use technology at all anymore without everything being recorded for some "helpful" "geewihiz bang" feature and everyone knowing about it in the process.
Google records all your searches along with your IP address, and your computer specifics, like your screen size, your browser type, operating system etc.
Firefox w/Ghostery currently has 667 web bugs in it's database.
Slashdot for Confidential-Data-Not-Safe-On-Solid-State-Disks.
Slashdot: German Politician Demonstrates Extent of Cell Phone Tracking.
US News: The snitch in your pocket.
ISP's record all your web traffic. Wired: Whistle blower outs NSA spy room.
Slashdot: NSA backdoor creates security hole in Windows.
Apple hires David Rice.
New York Times: New Web Code Draws Concern over Privacy Risks
Browser , Flash, Silverlight, HTML cookies, EverCookies.
Lifehacker: Facebook is tracking your every move on the web
Search Apple: Apple-Q-A-on-Location-Data.html
Cellbrite devices. theNewspaper: Michigan Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops
Thinq_: Creepy app warns of an end to privacy
theguardian: Google may use games to analyze net users
Wikipedia: Remotely activated mobile phone microphones
ABCnews: OnStar reverses privacy policy, won't track non-subscribers
The Australian Financial Review: Peeping TomTom sells your every move.
"Firesheep"
Wall Street Journal: MasterCard and Vista to use your purchases to target ads online.
Threatpost: CIA admits it monitors, analyzes Facebook, Twitter
ThreatLevel: Fed's use of fake cell tower
ThreatLevel: UK Cops use fake mobile phone tower to intercept calls
The privacy war is lost, game over.
Apple Becomes Big Brother