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Re:iOS 11 Security [pdf] by torstenvl on Saturday January 13, 2018 @02:27PM (#16140872)
People "realized" this when Apple began doing it and honestly told people about it. It is trivially easy for you to turn off location sharing permissions for iPhone Analytics if you so desire. It's right there in Settings.

https://m.imgur.com/kldOZ54

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Re:iOS 11 Security [pdf] by on_and_off on Saturday January 13, 2018 @05:52PM (#16141837)
>People "realized" this when Apple began doing it and honestly told people about it

Do you have a source please ?

As I remember it people realized that a lot of data was going to Apple's server (I will try to find the original articles again)

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Re:iOS 11 Security [pdf] by torstenvl on Sunday January 14, 2018 @01:35PM (#16145493)
Are you maybe talking about the location cache?[0]

That wasn't to any Apple server, it was a local cache that apps couldn't get unless they used a root exploit; was safe on your backups if they were encrypted; and was discussed in the TOS (Ars's sensationalism about "without your consent" notwithstanding).

[0] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/04/how-apple-tracks-you...

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Re:iOS 11 Security [pdf] by thisacctforreal on Sunday January 14, 2018 @05:00AM (#16143555)
On the contrary; here's one about Google collecting cell tower data when location services are disabled.

https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...

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