Apple Wants To Share Your Location With Others

Farhood sends in this snip from the LA Times: "In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified 'partners and licensees' may collect and store user location data. When users attempt to download apps or media from the iTunes store, they are prompted to agree to the new terms and conditions. Until they agree, they cannot download anything through the store. The company says the data is anonymous and does not personally identify users. Analysts have shown, however, that large, specific data sets can be used to identify people based on behavior patterns." Mashable and The Consumerist have picked up on this collection and sharing of "precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device."

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Well Apply fanbois will love this

[Chrisq]

They can see at an instant where the local circle-jerk is happening

Re:At least they tell you..

[Hadlock]

I don't really understand all the Doctorow love here on /. ... it's worse than the Pro-Apple/Anti-Slashdot moderation that goes on. Say one bad thing about Doctorow or BoingBoing (that he shamelessly uses to self-promote) here on Slashdot and you get modded down into oblivion. There's nothing in klein's post that is specifically trolling; a lot of people share this opinion. Being disenfranchised with Doctorow usually means you've been reading BoingBoing long enough to pick up on the bad things about it; klein clearly has. He deserves an "insightful" mod, not "troll".