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."

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Many apps require location services by design, duh

[stewbacca]

Jesus (appropriate on Easter Sunday) let it rest already.

Obviously many apps for the iPhone REQUIRE location information because that's the whole point of the app. Of course users want location services to be turned on when they are doing things like checking a map, browsing for restaurants, using real estate apps, etc. I also like my images to be geo-tagged. It's a feature I want. If you feel differently, then click the "don't allow" button when prompted.

Next non-story, please.

Re:So, who's the "customer"?

[x*yy*x]

At least Apple buries the fact somewhere in some deep EULA (I guess). Google didn't ask anyone when it collected WIFI data, nor does it ask for permission when people use google's search engine (or 90% of the other sites on internet that have google analytics)

Re:What? Me Worry?

[The End Of Days]

You're not allowed to be okay with it. The only acceptable opinion is the hivemind opinion that this is pure inexcusable evil.

Re:So, who's the "customer"?

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice shilling for Google.. I hope you get paid for that.

Go to Google.com. Right there, mid screen is a Privacy link.

Huh? Why the fuck should I?

"Oh we just assumed your answer was YES to every question that we did not ask you." Ah.. usual way of forcing everyone into the opt-in model. I'm not surprised by this though, Google is after-all an advertisement and marketing company.

Google did not ask for my permission before they employed people to drive down street next to my house and collect private and personal information transmitted on my wifi network.

I doubt that if I went snooping around other peoples homes with a long range microphone and recording fragments of everyones private conversations that I wouldn't expect to face any legal action.

Re:So, who's the "customer"?

[icebike]

Google did not ask for my permission before they employed people to drive down street next to my house and collect private and personal information transmitted on my wifi network.

If you are too fucking stupid to secure your wifi network and are broadcasting your crap PUBLICLY then you have lost all expectations of privacy.

Besides, Google fessed up, (before anyone else knew about it), made no use of that data.

Did Apple do any of that?

Nice fanboy defense of Apple, trying to deflect the problem. Did they pay you for that?

Re:So, who's the "customer"?

[CheerfulMacFanboy]

Are you too fucking stupid to find the Privacy Control panel on Apple's site?

What the fuck are you babbling about? Where is the Privacy Control panel on Google's site? Ohh yeah, right - in your ass, right beside your brain.