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Apple becomes Big Brother

May 2, 2011 by Archived posts 34 Comments

By Linda Tran |Staff Writer| The makers of Apple have been saving user’s location data directly from iPhones and iPads and are being stored in a hidden database file, according to The Enterprise Newsweekly. The news came April 20, and questions began to rise immediately from many including Apple users and government officials. A day after, Rep. Edward Markey (D) and Sen. Al Franken (D) directly sent letters to Apple CEO Steve Jobs asking why the location data is being saved. Apple did reveal a week later why they were keeping the data. They discovered a “bug” that was saving too much data and promised it will be soon fixed. They also announced that a new software update was … [Read more...] about Apple becomes Big Brother

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