The iphone's been blown to record where you're going.

Peat, peat. Apple Siri voice assistant patent infringement case has not yet subsided, the iphone has been exploded record user location information is suspected of infringing privacy. Recently, according to CCTV reports, the iphone's positioning service has a "frequent location" function, which is opened by default, will record and show the location of users to visit, including at what time to go to where, and how long to stay at the site. The iphone also logs users ' location information through app apps, WiFi connections, and the user location information is stored in encrypted files on the phone. By finding these files, you can also break down the user's location information record.

In this case, Apple (China) sent an "explanatory" statement to this newspaper saying that Apple would not track the user's position-never before and never will. Apple has also pledged that it has never established a so-called "backdoor" to any product or service with any government agency in any country.

"Triangulation" faster lock position

In response to the CCTV report's questioning of the iphone positioning technology, Apple said in a statement that it could take several minutes for users to use GPS satellite data only to locate mobile phones in specific activities such as shopping, traveling, finding a nearby restaurant or spending time on the job. The iphone can shrink this time to just a few seconds via a pre-configured wireless LAN hotspot location and signal emitter location data, combined with the wireless LAN hotspot and signal tower information currently being received by the iphone.

To achieve this, Apple runs a secure, reliable crowdsourcing database of known signal towers and wireless LAN hotspot location information that Apple collects from millions of Apple devices. This technology is the "triangular positioning mode."

"But it is important to note that during this collection, the Apple device did not send or transmit any data related to a particular device or user." "said the statement. In fact, this positioning technology is used in many other companies.

Apple is also committed to insisting on giving users clear and transparent hints and choices that allow users to control their information. At the same time, Apple once again denies leaving behind a "backdoor" for any government agency to disclose information.

Users can control the use of data

"On all of our devices, Apple allows users to control the collection and use of location data autonomously," he said. The user must choose to enable ' location-based services ' because it is not a default setting. Apple bluntly said that Apple would be "mandatory" to let users know before applying the positioning information of the receiving device.

Users worry about privacy disclosure, the response is very simple: only switch the "on/Off" button, you can at any time on individual applications or services to exit the "positioning service." When a user switches the location data of an application or service to off, it stops collecting data.