Apple: "We must Have Comprehensive Location Data"

An anonymous reader writes "Apple's iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4, and iPad models are keeping track of consumers whereabouts. Mac computers running Snow Leopard and even Windows computers running Safari 5 are being watched. But the question is why? 'To provide the high quality products and services that its customers demand, Apple must have access to the comprehensive location-based information,' Apple says."

Comments

What? Me Worry?

[Wingsy]

I couldn't care less if Apple, a private investigator, or the US government knew my precise location 24/7. I'm not cheating on my wife, I'm not wanted by the FBI, and I'm not hiding from the IRS. So why would I give a shit?

I suspect that the location gathering they're doing will in some way enhance my portable experience. Like, if I *have* to see an ad for used cars, that I see one for areas I frequent rather than for some lot on the other side of the country. And when Apple releases Find My Friends, that it too will be more appropriate for my roaming areas. So relax and enjoy it... unless of course your wife is on to you.