Warning! Your phone is spying on you

Apple’s iPhone saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner’s computer when the two are synchronized.

WWN, a famous news site in US claims that iPhones keep track of everywhere a user goes and saves the information in its database. If believe to report iPhones saves many files in its database. The database mainly keeps information on the location of the user, where does the user go and what activities he performs via his phone. Writer of the story Mr. Tap Vann  claims quoting a researcher Mr. Pete Warden, “Apple has made it possible for almost anybody – a jealous spouse, a private detective – with access to your phone or computer to get detailed information about where you’ve been” Report goes specific about the iPhone as it says that only the iPhone records the user’s location in this way, none other phone does the same. Researchers couldn’t find anything similar in Android phones that mean Androids are safe.
According to rules mobile networks always record phones’ locations but it should be only available to the police and other recognized organizations when a court orders for the same. Standard phones never record location data.

Apple’s phone is recording the data without user’s permission. WWN says that they tried to take Apple’s view but Apple team declined to comment.

Posted By: Divyanshu Bhard