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Apple Wants To Share Your Location With Others 248

Posted by kdawson
from the leaving-more-than-virtual-tracks dept.
Farhood sends in this snip from the LA Times: "In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified 'partners and licensees' may collect and store user location data. When users attempt to download apps or media from the iTunes store, they are prompted to agree to the new terms and conditions. Until they agree, they cannot download anything through the store. The company says the data is anonymous and does not personally identify users. Analysts have shown, however, that large, specific data sets can be used to identify people based on behavior patterns." Mashable and The Consumerist have picked up on this collection and sharing of "precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device."
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Apple wants to share your location with others-> 1

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Farhood writes "From the LA Times:

In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified "partners and licensees" may collect and store user location data.

When users attempt to download apps or media from the iTunes store, they are prompted to agree to the new terms and conditions. Until they agree, they cannot download anything through the store.

The company says the data is anonymous and does not personally identify users. Analysts have shown, however, that large, specific data sets can be used to identify people based on behavior patterns.

Mashable (http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/apple-stores-iphone-location/) and The Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/2010/06/privacy-change-apple-knows-your-phone-is-and-is-telling-people.html) have picked up on this as well."

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Comment: Re:What questions? (Score 1) 590

by Farhood (#30115684) Attached to: Public School Teachers Selling Lesson Plans Online

The world needs more Open Source curricula.

I've been saying such shit for years. I'm a young college professor, and I can actually relate to my students' needs: they want engaging, relevant, and digitally-available lectures, but my superiors want to form a task-force before giving me the resources to create open material.

They've even expressed the notion that my not wanting to sell my lectures is weird

Comment: Re:Tor can be blocked as well. (Score 1) 374

by Farhood (#29492461) Attached to: Iranian Government Cuts Off Internet Access Again

You just described every country in the world. Of coarse larger, more metropolitan cities will statistically contain greater numbers of educated folk, and yes, a larger city will have greater allowances with social boundaries and acceptance, so yea, they'll seem more liberal.

Disclosure: I was born in Iran, and live in the States. (and am probably now being "watched" after this post)

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