Tag: location data

Following the explosive news yesterday of Apple mobile devices recording their users every move (for background see here and here), Senator Al Franken is upset and demanding answers from Apple CEO Steve Jobs: Franken expressed special concern for iPhone and iPad users who are minors, writing that an “estimated 13% of the 108 million iPhones […]

And here is the very reason that I hate cell phones: Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers. In some cases, judges have granted the requests without […]