Alex Levinson says that it's illegal to determine the location or movement of a person.
Apple's lead counsel Bruce Sewell says this is not the case as the identifier is randomized, and that Apple does collect anonymous location data from iPhones in an effort to improve its own database of cell tower and WiFi hotspot locations.
That explains why Lil Snitch pops up twice a day asking to OK Apple's "locationd" process on my MacBook (I'd say "deny forever" but I like to be reminded that my location is a valuable commodity ;)
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 32.3 ms ] threadAlex Levinson (cited in the above link) actually states that it has not been shown that Apple is collecting this data: https://alexlevinson.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/3-major-issues...
Apple's lead counsel Bruce Sewell says this is not the case as the identifier is randomized, and that Apple does collect anonymous location data from iPhones in an effort to improve its own database of cell tower and WiFi hotspot locations.
See: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/apple-responds-to-...
For example, here's one: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Apple-T...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2141988?threadID=214198...