Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-25 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Ivan . wrote: > Q: Steve, > > Could you please explain the necessity of the passive location-tracking tool > embedded in my iPhone? It's kind of unnerving knowing that my exact location > is being recorded at all times. Maybe you could shed some light on this for

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-25 Thread Ivan .
*Q*: Steve, Could you please explain the necessity of the passive location-tracking tool embedded in my iPhone? It's kind of unnerving knowing that my exact location is being recorded at all times. Maybe you could shed some light on this for me before I switch to a Droid. They don't track me. *A*

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-23 Thread Ivan .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/22/iphone-android-location-based-services On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 1:51 AM, andrew.wallace < andrew.wall...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:29 PM, mark seiden wrote: > > i'm more worried about private parties tracking these days...

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-22 Thread mark seiden
not to mention that ocr-able license plate on your vehicle and the electronic toll collection device in the vehicle make excellent persistent tracking cookies. i'm more worried about private parties tracking these days... say set up high res cameras with a good view of the major highways and s

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-22 Thread Brian Anderson
On 4/21/2011 5:56 PM, Michal Zalewski wrote: >> Cool. I got an Iphone 3GS. Consider me ex-user. GG Apple. Let me guess, >> co-operation deal with NSA and the U.S goverment paid them some billion >> dollars for that. > Totally. A vast conspiracy is the only possible explanation. > If you didn't alr

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-21 Thread Thor (Hammer of God)
...@lists.grok.org.uk [mailto:full-disclosure-boun...@lists.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Michal Zalewski Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:57 PM To: n...@myproxylists.com Cc: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves > Cool. I got

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-21 Thread Michal Zalewski
> Cool. I got an Iphone 3GS. Consider me ex-user. GG Apple. Let me guess, > co-operation deal with NSA and the U.S goverment paid them some billion > dollars for that. Totally. A vast conspiracy is the only possible explanation. /mz ___ Full-Disclosure

Re: [Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-21 Thread nix
> All iPhones appear to log your location to a file called > "consolidated.db." This contains latitude-longitude coordinates along > with a timestamp. The coordinates aren't always exact, but they are > pretty detailed. There can be tens of thousands of data points in this > file, and it appears th

[Full-disclosure] Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

2011-04-20 Thread Ivan .
All iPhones appear to log your location to a file called "consolidated.db." This contains latitude-longitude coordinates along with a timestamp. The coordinates aren't always exact, but they are pretty detailed. There can be tens of thousands of data points in this file, and it appears the collecti