There has been controversy about Apple's faulty location data on the iPhone and iPad. Steve Jobs has been on medical leave but he made sure to personally explain the situation to the public. "Confirming speculation from some security researchers, Apple said in the statement posted on its Web site that the file in people’s iPhones is not a log of their location but rather 'the locations of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers surrounding the iPhone’s location, which can be more than one hundred miles away from the iPhone.' " Many people were thinking that Apple was invading the public's privacy when that was not the case. After all, we live in a panoptic society were everyone enjoys displaying a critiqued image of themselves. However, we also value our right to place something for all to see as opposed to invasion of privacy. Any time we use a new piece of technology, we have to give a new piece of our identity.
Source: "Jobs Says Apple Made Mistakes With iPhone Data," NYTimes
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