Apple plans patch to address iPhone tracking concerns

Posted on Wednesday, April 27 2011 @ 22:21 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Apple has provided more details on the iPhone tracking issue and said it will release a patch that will address some of the concerns. You can read the company's explanation over here.

Sometime in the next few weeks Apple will release a free iOS software update that:

reduces the size of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database cached on the iPhone,
ceases backing up this cache, and
deletes this cache entirely when Location Services is turned off.

In the next major iOS software release the cache will also be encrypted on the iPhone.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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