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Apple Fixes iPhone Tracking Problem

Now users can delete the data entirely

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted May 5, 2011 5:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – The uproar over the revelation that your iPhone is tracking you has led Apple to fix the problem. A software update released yesterday reduces the amount of location data stored on iPhones and iPads from a year to about a week. The iOS 4.3.3 software also allows users to delete the location log entirely by turning "Location Services" off, the Los Angeles Times reports. Click for Apple's initial explanation.

In this April 28, 2011 photo, a customer holds a white iPhone at the Apple store on New York's Upper West Side.
In this April 28, 2011 photo, a customer holds a white iPhone at the Apple store on New York's Upper West Side.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Face-Of-RNC
May 6, 2011 1:07 PM CDT
I just tried to update my iPhone. FAIL. Then clicked OK for more details, again, FAIL.
ickjui
May 5, 2011 12:04 PM CDT
I'm going to go ahead and say that a 600 MB update to fix a tracking problem is a little inane. I wasn't worried of being "tracked" in the first place.

 
iPhone • privacy • online privacy • Apple • data tracking • iPad

 
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