Apple Denies That iPhone Location Tracking
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Apple said the company did not track the location of iPhone users, but also recognize the iPhone will collect information about nearby wireless devices
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Apple said the company did not track the location of iPhone users, but also recognize the iPhone will collect information about nearby wireless devices. Apple said in a statement Wednesday:
Apple does not track the location of the iPhone. Apple has never been done, has no plans to do so.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Chris (Natalie Kerris) that Apple will be May 10 on the protection and privacy issues of mobile devices to accept the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Andy Hargreaves (Andy Hargreaves), said a statement on Wednesday, Apple does not dispel the concerns of consumers. He said:; Apple needs to release more information. Apple will take a long time to get consumers to understand. ; Hargreaves current rating on Apple stock still; outperform;. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, said on its website, the five Republican members of Congress have sent a letter to Apple, asking how Apple store location information, and who can use this information. U.S. Congressman Edward Make Yi (Edward Markey) said he was pleased with the changes Apple, but Apple should also answer questions about how to use the location information of advertising issues.
Apple has said its iAd mobile advertising system can use the phone's location information to serve targeted advertising, but Apple's not in the user does not consent to share the user location information with third parties. At present, France, Germany, Italy and South Korea regulators have started to investigate iPhone's location services. United States Illinois and Connecticut Attorney General also asked Apple to provide more information.
Apple and Google are currently the practice to provide users with more relevant ads, and help users find location near the range of services, this approach led to consumer litigation and congressional investigations. Information security researcher Forrester Research WANG Chen-xi (Chenxi Wang, sound) that the current problem is not only smart phone location information stored data, and users do not know it. He said:; This is becoming a real problem. Users need to better understand, they did what on the phone, what enabled them to close something. ; He also pointed out, WiFi hotspot and mobile communications base station information which is not sufficient to determine the exact location of the user, which provides GPS function differently. Apple has said that relative to the GPS, WiFi hotspots and the use of mobile communication base station information can help iPhone quickly calculate the current position. Relevant information is sent in a secure manner to Apple for the map function and iAd advertising system. Apple also said it is developing a; crowdsourcing; the database, in the next few years the introduction of new traffic information service. Congress is expected Apple will face more questions.
Apple also said, iPhone (cool iPhone accessories) save the current location near a WiFi hotspot and mobile communications base station information, the user will need to use these data. Mac can not WiFi hotspots and base station data to locate the user, but Apple receives the location information is anonymous. Apple also said it would fix a software flaw, the software loopholes in collecting information about the iPhone more than the necessary level. Apple's privacy statement on the organization questioned. Electronic Privacy Information Center executive director Marc Lautenberg said, WiFi hotspot and mobile communications base station location information to the display device. He said: This is the Apple way to determine the device location. They save the location data, while the statement is misleading. ; The organization wants Apple to disclose more information. Apple said it plans to conduct a free software upgrade, reducing such data stored in the iPhone and allow users to turn off location services to remove the iPhone saved the data. Lautenberg had also suggested that Apple make such a change. Industry to collect location information for mobile phone if it is violation of privacy protection provisions in dispute, while Apple and Google are the focus of this dispute.
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