So it's emerged(again) that your iPhone and iPad keep a location cache, holding data on local wifi networks and cell towers. And there is outrage.
What this is all about is classic misrepresentation of the facts by the press, which we should all be used to by now. The data stored is accurate to within metres or miles so no one can realistically use it to track your whereabouts. In fact, mobile networks keep a far more accurate location of your phone, any phone, without you being able to do a damn thing about it.
If you (Americans) are so shit-scared of someone finding out you were within a mile of your mistress, there are three things to do.
1) On the iPhone, you can set a passcode lock which will encrypt the file
2) encrypt the backup on iTunes
If none of these appeal to you, there's always the 3rd option. Never use any form of technology, this includes phones, laptops, iPods, credit cards, cameras, cars, sat nav etc and keep your face covered at all times so no one can ever track where you are or where you've been.
Yes, that does sound ridiculous doesn't it?
Then stop moaning.
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