Hey guys, Apple and Google are testifying at a Congressional hearing right now, I am watching Live on the Sunlight Foundation’s website in an annotated live feed. The hearing is in reference to locationgate. Apple and Google are speaking to congress on what they do with your location and whether or not you can turn […]
Do not upgrade yet if you rely on a jailbreak and unlock. We will let you know when and how to upgrade as soon as there are tools available. This update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache including: – Reduces the size of the cache – No longer backs the cache up […]
BGR has reported that Apple will release iOS 4.3.3 which will be out in the next week or so to fix the locationgate issues as well as some other bug fixes. BGR has an inside source and has been right on with the last couple of updates. They have an internal iPhone 4 build: iPhone3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ispw […]
More breaking news hitting us this morning, at the same time that Apple released the white iPhone 4 news, they also took the time to issue the press a statement regarding the, highly publicized scandal in which we were the first to dub (and then others followed :P), locationgate. Apple answered every question the media […]
Breaking news hitting us just moments ago, it seems that Apple has just been sued in federal court for alleged privacy invasion and computer fraud by two customers who claim the company is secretly recording and storing the location and movement of iPhone and iPad users. The lawsuit was filed in Tampa, Florida by 2 […]
It seems that Steve Jobs has just responded to a customer email that was asking about specifics on the database that has all of our location information in it. As usual, Mr. Jobs, however brief he speaks, has caused a shockwave accross the Apple community. Here is the customer’s email: “Steve, Could you please explain […]
Good morning, it seems as though Senator Al Franken has taken steps to find us all answers as to why Apple has been secretly been collecting location data from every single iOS 4.x.x device. Here are some questions he has asked Steve Jobs in the letter he sent him: 1. Why does Apple collect and […]