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27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-bad-apple dept.

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. Shoulda bought a Samsung by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Isn't it weird that Korea being home to Samsung and LG is where this lawsuit is happening?
    Take that, apple.

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

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

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

    legal zerg rush

  4. Re:Possibly distressing in some countries by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Informative

    North Koreans would have a valid complaint here. If they had cell phone towers.

    Typical imperialist revisionism. Beloved Leader Kim Jong Il invented cellular technology, you mindless tool of capitalism.

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