Hidden file in iPhone and 3Gipad tracks and records your location

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A hidden file in iPhones and iPads called consolidated.db allows the device to store a long list of locations and time stamps. The information is non-encrypted, so it can be read by someone who can gain access to your mobile device. Also the database of your location is restored across backups, and even device migrations.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-l...cking.html

Here is a link to an application that allows you to view the location database your device has made of your movements, in geographical map form

http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/#faq


Apple has issued a statement, saying that the location triangulation data is read by Apple every 12 hours, and used by Apple to provide quicker, more precise, and more efficient location services. However this does not explain why the database is stored in the device ad infinitum, easily accessible.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/a...-tracking/

I don't necessarily think Apple is trying to pull one over its customers, but still, that's some pretty sloppy product development if it was an "accident". They just didn't think hard enough about their customers and how something like this could be a problem especially since they didn't explicitly warn about it, they just fixed things from their end.