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sambeau on April 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: IPhones and 3G iPads log your location in an unenc...

If you have a 3G device the cell towers already know this and the data is already tracked. So what is new here?

rdouble on April 20, 2011 [–]

The data is in an unencrypted file on your device and synced computer, instead of in a database at AT&T.

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