iPhone Tracking Ruckus Ongoing

[wraggster]

A pair of Apple customers has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that Apple is invading their privacy (https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/users-file-suit-against-apple-over-iphone-tracking-042611) by collecting location data about iPhone and iPad users without their knowledge."and theodp noted that the iPhone tracking 'Bug' is actually patent pending (http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220110051665%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20110051665&RS=DN/20110051665)... which makes it harder to buy the mistake argument (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-21/apple-iphone-tracking-is-probably-a-mistake-researchers-say.html). As if that's not enough fun, South Korea, Italy, Germany and other countries are all looking into it (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138214/20110426/asia-europe-south-korea-italy-germany-france-target-apple-over-tracking-controversy.htm).

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/26/1758220/iPhone-Tracking-Ruckus-Ongoing