Apple Q&A on gathering and use of location data (Apple Press Release)

Re:Apple Q&A on gathering and use of location data (Apple Pr... by MatthewPhillips on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @10:37AM (#2489616)

I think the reaction was appropriate. It confirms the major points that people were upset about: 1) that the data is stored unencrypted, 2) that it lives even after you turn off location services, 3) that it was taken without explicit permission.

This press release doesn't change any of those points, it merely places the blame on bugs (which wouldn't have been patched had the story not been uncovered).

Isn't this comparable to the Google/Buzz fiasco, which was met with similar (deserved) scorn?

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Re:Apple Q&A on gathering and use of location data (Apple Pr... by Anechoic on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @10:59AM (#2489694)

which wouldn't have been patched had the story not been uncovered

That's a pretty cynical reaction. Why would you make that assumption? Do you think that if someone had alerted Apple privately to the bug they never would have gotten around to fixing it?

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Re:Apple Q&A on gathering and use of location data (Apple Pr... by MatthewPhillips on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @11:08AM (#2489726)

I think there wouldn't be the same sense of urgency. I don't think that's cynical at all; that's the way business works. I've never worked at a company that doesn't push something when enough customers make a fuss about it.

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Re:Apple Q&A on gathering and use of location data (Apple Pr... by smackfu on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @11:08AM (#2489728)

Because apparently this cache was well known already to researchers, and it was just the user-friendly interface that blew it up in the press.

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Re:Apple Q&A on gathering and use of location data (Apple Pr... by epistasis on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @01:29PM (#2490285)

What makes you think forensics researchers would report this to Apple as a bug? To them it's a feature.

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