I just read this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-responds-to-location-scandal-2011-4
The "official response" from Apple really pisses me off. I am constantly amazed by their audacity to think that the consumers are a bunch of nit-wits.
"Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so".
Is that way people have been creating maps of their location history based of location data gleaned from their iphones?
And what about the reports where people noticed their iphone taking anonymous candid photos?
"Users are confused, partly because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education about these issues to date"
Users are confused? The only ones confused are the marketing boffins at Apple. When addressing a public issue, you don't go about calling your customers confused. Users were the ones who pointed this out in the first place. And if this is an official statement, why is Apple dragging in the other "creators" of this technology?
"anonymous and encrypted" -bullshit.
"This is a bug" - more bullshit.
I am an Android fan. I am waiting to see how google addresses this issue (even though they don't track your location info if you opt out of it). Probably cos they didn't "build" a bug into their OS.
The "official response" from Apple really pisses me off. I am constantly amazed by their audacity to think that the consumers are a bunch of nit-wits.
"Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so".
Is that way people have been creating maps of their location history based of location data gleaned from their iphones?
And what about the reports where people noticed their iphone taking anonymous candid photos?
"Users are confused, partly because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education about these issues to date"
Users are confused? The only ones confused are the marketing boffins at Apple. When addressing a public issue, you don't go about calling your customers confused. Users were the ones who pointed this out in the first place. And if this is an official statement, why is Apple dragging in the other "creators" of this technology?
"anonymous and encrypted" -bullshit.
"This is a bug" - more bullshit.
I am an Android fan. I am waiting to see how google addresses this issue (even though they don't track your location info if you opt out of it). Probably cos they didn't "build" a bug into their OS.
Rotten rating: 3/5 Anti-iPhones
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