Comment Re:Any cell phone is a security risk. (Score 1) 134
how is that "not as bad"? it's just differently bad. they want to intimidate (though not quite as overtly as the USSR did), while the US wants to secretly disappear people. it's not a diversion. it's reality, and neither 'side' is that great, even though i'd much, much rather be in the US.
anyway, China has always clamped down on unlicensed cartography, and it is theoretically possible to use data mining to squeeze some location information out of the iPhone data. this really seems like a non-story to me, or anyone else who's been paying attention.