iPhone leaks personal data

iPhone shock horror !!!

Many people do not seem to realise that if you have an iPhone on contract, EVERY TIME you make a phone call, send a text, access the internet etc, data is sent to Apple which gives them your credit card or bank account details or possibly, horror of horrors, your personal address!!!

AND YOU CANNOT BLOCK THIS DATA!!!

Woe is us, the end of the world is nigh...

I believe it is also sends your mother's maiden name and your inside leg measurement.

In reply to a post by ian_c:

and your inside leg measurement.

Does it send the location data to determine whether it's for your left or right leg?

And if so, is it encrypted for security?

I believe security relies on the NSAthleticSupport class, using the Box Protocol.

Why/How on earth would your credit card or bank account details be stored within your phone?

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

Why/How on earth would your credit card or bank account details be stored within your phone?

I didn't say they were.

I said: "...data is sent to Apple which gives them..."

Which it is.

Botboy you've really stirred up a fanboi's nest here. I hope you're pleased with yourself!

Is that data unencrypted and accessible to third parties? If not I see no cause for concern.

In reply to a post by billford:

I said: "...data is sent to Apple which gives them..."

OK, then where does it get it from? If it's from your personal data held for billing purposes with your mobile service provider, then isn't that a breach of DPA?

Whooosh....

You bad bad boy.

Whenever you're on the Internet you are traceable as you have a unique number assigned to you called an eye pea address or something

Edited by deleted (Tue 03-May-11 23:24:37)

Shh, don't tell the trolls or they'll be complaining it's sent (in unencrypted format ) to everybody you connect to

I thought of encrypting my house number so nobody can find me

I will share the decryption key with Dominoes pizza though

Just use paroxy-ide settings for your hair - they'll never recognise you?

Good idea, but it wouldn't work- I'm blond anyway

Well, you may wish to consider died hair, for that whispy look..? It can be tie-dryed-died, and fryed for a snack?

Never mind the quality... f.e..e...l the width. Nice, innit. Yeah.

Suits you Sir!

(Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday released a software update to fix a problem that enabled its mobile devices to collect and store customers' location data, making good on a promise it made last week.

Stop trolling, there was never any "tracking", just a cache of location assistance data received. The cache size has now been reduced and is now not backed up.

If you're a Fandroid you should be asking Google why the hell they don't anonymise any data you send back to them.

In reply to a post by gilesjuk:

Stop trolling, there was never any "tracking", just a cache of location assistance data received. The cache size has now been reduced and is now not backed up.

If you're a Fandroid you should be asking Google why the hell they don't anonymise any data you send back to them.

Don't be rediculous. I'm interested because I have an iPhone, I don't have an Android. What's your excuse?

You appear to be denying the existence of the bug that Apple say they've fixed.

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.