Your phone, yourself: When is tracking too much?

Your phone, yourself: When is tracking too much?
If you’re worried about privacy, you can turn off the function on your smartphone that tracks where you go. But that means giving up the services that probably made you want a smartphone in the first place. After all, how smart is an iPhone or an Android if you can’t use it to map your car trip or scan reviews of nearby restaurants?

The debate

Apple under pressure over iPhone location tracking

Apple under pressure over iPhone location trackingApple is under pressure to explain why the iPhone tracks and stores users' movements in a hidden file.  
The Information Commissioner today said anyone who is concerned about the log of their whereabouts can make a complaint to his officials, who enforce the Data Protection Act.

Overnight US Congressmen led calls for Apple to explain itself

iPhone and iPad can track a user's location history

iPhone and iPad can track a user's location history
Security researchers find a hidden data file in the Apple devices that can contain detailed records of user whereabouts.
Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad are keeping very close track of where you've been.

Security researchers said they found a file hidden in the operating software of Apple's devices that can contain tens of thousands of records of