Researcher claims that Apple iPhone and 3G iPads is secretly recording and storing information’s and details from all their owners movements.
Security experts Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden said such devices iPhone and 3G iPads has an encrypted file where in location data of its owner is kept hidden.
They also added that by using the right software, the device can be used to track the exact location where a person has been.
As of now, Apple Company did not make any statement regarding this revelation, however, there is no suggestion that such information’s and data’s are being used by them.
The new findings were first published in the Guardian newspaper, which is a surprise to iPhone users; for it does not show or give any indication that it has such kind of capabilities in recording its owner’s location data.
Although the practice of using the information is not explicitly flagged-up, it appears that it is covered with in the company’s terms of use.
In the technology website O’Reilly Radar, Mr. Allan and Mr. Warden said that they can’t seem to find a reason why Apple needs to collect location information of its users, and pointed out that it is clearly intentional.
According to the two, apple used the software iOS4 update which was released in June 2010 to record user’s positions.
Senior Technology consultant, Graham Cluley at security firm Sophos said that it was doubtful that Apple planned to use such information’s for commercial purposes.
He also added that there might be a legitimate privacy concerns and people will probably look for a way of obscuring that data.
