The bug was that it stored too much of a cache of location assistance data. That's not your location, that is a very approximate database of cell towers and wifi access points you were near.

In my own case it had London and Bristol listed even though the closest I had been to those locations was near Ross-on-wye.

That is fixed now.

Edited by deleted (Thu 05-May-11 20:33:45)

In reply to a post by gilesjuk:

The bug was that it stored too much of a cache of location assistance data.

and it kept recording even if location services was switched off
and the the data was transferred to the PC

The effect was that someone could create an app to display all the travels of your iPhone and this data was available to anyone without needing your permission. They only needed the data file.

Do you have an Android?

It does not display where you have been to GPS level accuracy. It shows masts and wifi access points that are in the vicinity or up to 100 miles away in some cases.

Are you completely retarded or can you not understand what I am saying?

The phone is not logging your location, it is logging data received from Apple servers to assist with calculating your exact location.

Example process algorithm:

1. User opens Maps application.

2. iPhone sends details of what WIFI access points and cell masts the phone is talking to to Apple servers. Apple servers store data in anonymised form if not already present.

3. Apple servers send longitude and latitude information of the cell masts and WIFI access points the phone.

4. Phone receives data, writes it to cache file and calculates position.

All clear now?

The file contains the location of masts and wifi access points that in your general area. It does not contain your location.

Edited by deleted (Thu 05-May-11 21:38:28)

In reply to a post by gilesjuk:

It does not display where you have been to GPS level accuracy. It shows masts and wifi access points that are in the vicinity or up to 100 miles away in some cases.

Are you completely retarded or can you not understand what I am saying?

Oh dear, little fanboy, I didn't mean to diss your religion. Keep your insults to yourself.

You appear to ignore that your location is calculated by triangulation of the data, and that the data is timestamped to the second.

You were warned.