Apple Releases iOS 4.3.3 To Fix Location Tracking

An anonymous reader writes "Apple has released a software update (iOS 4.3.3) to fix the much-talked-about iPhone Location Tracking bug. Apple faced a lot of criticism over the issue — iPhone and iPad secretly tracks users' locations and saves them in the device's cache as well as in a hidden file which is copied to the PC whenever the computer gets synced with device."

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[syousef]

My understanding was that what was being logged was not the users' locations but rather that of the nearest cell tower or hotspot. But whatever, hurf durf, Steve wuz spying on us.

OK, so you're justifying Apple tracking their users to within a few hundred yards.

What CAN'T you justify, fanboi?

I might be called a fanboi, but they were caching location data in what seemed like a logical manner to speed up location services.

Yeah clearly that data needs to be synchronised to iTunes. I'm pretty sure Apple employees could start shooting people at will and there would still be fanboys defending it "They're thinning out the herd. It's good for the community" or that they could randomly start stabbing people in the eye with a fork and the response would be "They're providing a community service by increasing awareness of disability". Sound ridiculous? It's already the case that when slave labor practices are brought to light you have thousands of fanboys ranting about raising the standard of living in developing countries and it's better than starving (as if paying a living wage were simply not an option).