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27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple

jfruhlinger writes "You may have already forgotten the iPhone location-tracking furor, but 27,000 South Koreans haven't! They (or the lawyers recruiting them) have launched a class action suit against Apple due to the 'emotional distress' suffered. The litigants are seeking around $1,000 apiece in damages. From the article: 'Apple has faced complaints and criticisms since it said in April that its iPhones were storing locations of nearby cellphone towers and Wi-Fi hot spots for up to a year. Such data can be used to create a rough map of the device owner's movements.'"

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  1. User error by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If their iPhones were tracking them then they were probably just holding them wrong.

  2. Re:YOU KNOW THEY EAT THEIR DOGS ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I bet North Koreans ate all their dogs already.

  3. this is a by wervr · · Score: 4, Funny

    legal zerg rush