Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
I saw a story on the news about a week ago about Google and location tracking. Not sure if this applies to an Apple product but I bet it does...
The reporter used 2 phones with one in airplane mode. He then went and visited quite a few locations (I think in the DC area). His phones tracked every move he made and every where he went with GPS data and sent it to Google. The only significant difference was the phone in airplane mode waited until it was out of airplane mode to send the data to Google. This is all transparent to the end user........you and me.
Denny
Denny, I’ve been showing this to people I fly with for a long time. If you give me your phone (iPhone) and you unlock it, in about 5-10 seconds I could show you everywhere you frequent, where you live and how long it takes you to get to these places from your home. It’s not hard to find it. You can disable this function called “significant locations”, or you can clear its history as often as you like. You wonder why you get certain sales emails or spam calls soon after passing a store or entering some business. This data is mined, traded and sold and is big bucks.
Speaking of hidden gems, another one most are not aware of is using Chrome or Mozilla browsers, your user names and passwords for every website you’ve ever had a sign on (account) with, are recorded and easily accessible. I’ve shown this to people as well. It takes me all of 10-15 seconds to show you your usernames and passwords on a desktop or laptop. On an iPhone you still need the thumbprint or facial recognition to view the password, but on a desktop or laptop, it’s there to be had. Clean your caches often, and clean them thoroughly. This is unfortunately the world we live in now.