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Apple Updating iOS To Address Privacy Concerns

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hype-of-the-month dept.

wiredmikey writes "[Apple] said that over the next few weeks it would release a software update for iOS that would reduce the size of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database cached on the iPhone, cease backing up the cache, and delete the cache entirely when Location Services is turned off. Additionally, Apple said that in the next major iOS software release the cache would be encrypted on the iPhone, though a timeline for that was not provided."

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  1. Re:hmm.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's about time the US started another war to distract people.

  2. Re:Bug? by Spykk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Invalidating the cache is easy. Just call m_cacheThisIsTheLocationBasedCacheThatSpeedsThingsUp.MakeThisCacheSoThatItIsNotValidAnymore(); Naming things on the other hand...

  3. Re:direct link by Fnord666 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Connecting the dots is left as an exercise for the reader.

    Because we sure in hell know the %$&*ing editors won't do it.

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    'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
  4. Re:Bug? by dwandy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought there were two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things and off by one errors.

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    If you think imaginary property and real property are the same, when does your house become public domain?