Steve Jobs Chimes In, Via Email, on Smartphone Tracking

How do you solve a privacy breach like smartphone location tracking? If you’re a Member of Congress, you very publicly tweet, send a letter or issue a statement. If you’re an iPad or iPhone user, you quietly email Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs. Guess who got a response?

How do you solve a privacy breach like smartphone location tracking?  If you’re a Member of Congress, you very publicly tweet, send a letter or issue a statement.  If you’re an iPad or iPhone user, you quietly email Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.  Guess who got a response?

A reader of Macrumors claims to have e-mailed Jobs directly with concerns over the revelation last week by two British researchers that Apple’s popular iPhone and iPad mobile devices are tracking users’ location data and storing it for months, leaving it very unprotected and very public.

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