The Internet nearly exploded this morning after O’Reilly filed a report indicating that users of Apple’s iPhone and 3G iPad were being tracked. A file, found in the filesystem of the aforementioned devices running iOS 4 or higher, contains a list of time-stamped GPS coordinates that correlate with the device’s location. The only issue I have with Apple’s methodology is that the file used to store said locations is unencrypted.
While there is no indication Android devices stores the same type of data, the Google terms of service does allow Google to retain such information as does HTC Sense, Motorola Blur, HP/Palm and RIM terms of service.
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