Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Press Info - Apple Q&A on Location Data
Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Press Info - Apple Q&A on Location Data
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Press Info - Apple Q&A on Location Data
- From: Dan O'Donnell <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:22:54 -0700
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Press Info - Apple Q&A on Location Data
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Press Info - Apple Q&A on Location Data
A colleague here checked his own location map. It showed the various locations he knew he had been to with his iphone – but it also showed Cupertino, a city he knew he had not visited. Hm, what could possibly be the cause of an iphone location map displaying Cupertino...?
On 4/27/11 8:04 AM, "Peter Link" <email@hidden> wrote:
I never had the curiosity many others are having and I actually liked Conspiracy Theory. (Maybe it was because it included a young Julia Roberts.) On my home computer, I finally downloaded the tracker app and zoomed in on where I know my house is located. Within a couple square miles of my house, I saw several evenly spaced small orange dots in a grid pattern over this area. None were within a quarter mile of my house. There was a slightly larger orange dot, which I will investigate. It might actually be a cell tower. I checked cell tower websites and couldn't find an AT&T tower anywhere near me. That doesn't surprise me since AT&T doesn't publish where their towers are. Looking further away from my house but in areas I know I've been in, I could see the same grid-like placement of the small orange dots. Contrary to the websites that show the map zoomed out, zooming in doesn't really give me any indication of where I've been except for a very general area. I'd love to attach a zoomed in view to show what I'm not seeing but that would show you where I live. Can't do that!! Oh wait, I'm in the phone book so anyone who wants to can find my house!!
I know everyone is concerned with identify theft, as I am, but this feature of the iPhone isn't going to provide anybody with accurate enough information to find anything out about where an iPhone really has been. Mine shows I've been up and down the I-5 corridor from the Bay area to Canada with only one exception, around Lake of the Woods between Ontario and Minnesota (vacation with my wife). I thought I'd take my iPhone with me on other travels outside the west coast but it didn't log any so I'm safe.
On Apr 27, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Rimar, Lee D Mr CTR USA USACE USA wrote:
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/04/27location_qa.html>
Believe them? If so, do these explanations satisfy your curiosity and concern?
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