Apple Updating iOS To Address Privacy Concerns

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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Re:Moving on

[93 Escort Wagon]

Sounds like Apple is taking steps to improve their system and give the paranoid users a easy opt out. Now the question is what are the other phone manufactures doing with their location systems? Especially those who log your data to the cloud?

That's a good point. Given their relatively short response and turn-around time on this, I'm wondering if Apple sees the possibility here for turning a negative situation into a positive. Don't get me wrong - I think Apple (and other vendors) should've been doing this from the get-go - but it will be interesting to see (for example) how Google responds, given that their business model is to own as much data about you as possible.