iPhone Stores Location Data Even When Disabled

WSJ finds that it's impossible to turn off location tracking

As if last week’s reports of a secret file on the iPhone that tracks its user's location wasn’t disconcerting enough, now, the Wall Street Journal has discovered that the iPhone collects and stores location information even when the phone’s location services are disabled.

Last week, the WSJ reported that Apple's iPhone and cell phones running on Google’s Android software transmitted their locations back to Google and Apple, respectively. Both Apple and Google have claimed that any data they receive is anonymous and that data collection can be turned off by disabling location services.

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