Apple collects data in advance of providing an improved traffic service for iPhone users
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All of this ties into a patented application that Apple has been developing that uses GPS to help iPhone users plan a road trip, suggesting various routes depending on variables like mileage, available routes and of course, traffic. Apple's intentions came out in the open during the recent questioning about whether or not the iPhone is tracking users location. The company revealed that it had been, "collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database," and added that it plans on offering an, "improved traffic service in the next couple of years."
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3. protozeloz posted on 27 Apr 2011, 13:26 5 5
ok this is confusing me ''they send your data'', ''they don't send your data'' can phone arena juat write a post about all the answers to clear the confusion.... thank you
6. 530gemini posted on 27 Apr 2011, 13:46 10 4
I don't really think users care until something bad comes out of it. Just like Apple doesn't really care where I was 5 minutes ago. It's all about how they're going to use data to give them the edge in providing better services. Would any user mind if it does provide them with better traffic info?
8. protozeloz posted on 27 Apr 2011, 13:53 5 5
so is it wrong if phonearena helps with the info they have regarding this matter? I bet they have most pieces armed...
11. 530gemini posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:11 10 3
I think Apple kinda forced themselves to let this plan out prematurely to let users know that their intentions are good, as far as collecting data is concerned. They're usually very secretive about their plans until the very last moment.
17. applesauce (unregistered) posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:54 5 10
kid, take off the blinders. apple takes info from their users without permission or without any solid reasons for doing so. They don't need to get data from cell phones to determine where their customer should or should not drive: any decent mapping website, news report, or radio broadcast can tell a driver that info. Heck, the giant illuminated changing traffic-info boards that taxpayers paid for tell you that a particular stretch of road should be avoided. For planning road trips, it's obvious that you should take an outer loop around a major metro area to avoid congestion. Your petty and groundless defense of a shady corporation is pathetic. Furthermore, the service itself would have a unique permission to collect and distribute data in its own terms of service, and wouldn't be related to the device its utilized on
25. 530gemini posted on 27 Apr 2011, 17:36 10 2
They already have explained that it is to provide faster service, and that it does not get sent to Apple. Stop falsely accusing Apple of maliciously gathering users whereabouts. Apple is not collecting them. News report and radio broadcast cannot provide info on demand like the iphone can. But hey, if you want to stick with that, suit yourself. But don't go around accusing Apple of collecting data without users consent when they are not. That log does not go back to Apple but stays on the users phone and computer.
9. ATTCallCenter (unregistered) posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:03 12 4
Who cares if they track where you've been? Yeah yeah privacy blah blah, it's not like they know what you were actually doing at the gay club Pink Rhino Club for Men last night at 11pm through 3:13am. If you got problems with people knowing where you are, uh then, you probably shouldn't be there. And if you do get caught, more power to the people who tracked you.
12. andro (unregistered) posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:23 1 10
How pathetic are apple looking these days. They have been preying on the braindead of your society for years now and making lots of money off it. Now they are caught tracking their slaves and they come up with these hilarious excuses to cover it!
13. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:30 10 3
WTF you complain because they don't hae anything to compete with Google Maps navigation and now you complain because they are?! It makes no sense. If you don't think Google maps tracks you or sends data to Google, then your REALLY sipping the Google kool-aid!
14. iHateCrapple posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:41 2 10
Seriously hypocritical of them to be suddenly admitting to tracking user data, after Jobs so passionately denied this. He was probably caught off guard and didn't know how to answer so he lied, and now after-the-fact, they have come up with an excuse with a fancy statement that "claims" to be only tracking users for the purpose of "helping" them? It shows their shady practices and also shows that they are slow to being honest until the very last second when they know they've been caught. This improvement they are talking about is simply a distraction from the real issue that they violated the law in the first place, by not telling users they were being tracked. It doesn't matter what the intention, they should have had a disclaimer and hopefully they will still face a lawsuit to teach them a lesson.
16. 530gemini posted on 27 Apr 2011, 14:54 11 1
Typical fandroid taking things out of context. This does not refer to every traceable data. Only data that are anonymized that can be useful for this feature. Jobs did not deny that they are harvesting data, for they are. He denied TRACKING USERS. You probably think that you are smarter than Jobs huh. That you know better than him. Fandroids :)
26. 530gemini posted on 27 Apr 2011, 17:37 8 2
Well it was not meant to be one :)
