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Re:A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps by ciniglio on Friday September 28, 2012 @03:56PM (#4587484)
Since they also own the phone OS, they could get the location of those millions of phones at all times, no need to have the maps app open.
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Re:A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps by rmc on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:28PM (#4588109)
No they cannot. That sort of "track every phone all the time" behaviour would be illegal under Data Protection Directive.
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