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Mobile Phone Privacy Controversies. Austin Kaiser-Junior Mechanical Engineering. What Apple is Doing. Location Data. (App Created & Publicized by Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden). Alasdair Allan’s Amtrak trip from Washington DC to New York. Location Data File: consolidated.db
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Mobile Phone Privacy Controversies Austin Kaiser-Junior Mechanical Engineering
Location Data (App Created & Publicized by Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden) Alasdair Allan’s Amtrak trip from Washington DC to New York. Location Data File: consolidated.db YouTube - iPhone Tracking Discussion
Consumer Numbers • Apple iOS base of 38 million users (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) • Android: 29% Apple: 27% (of total mobile operating systems users) • Current Apple quarterly profits : $6 billion What are Apple’s Intentions??
Controversies PROS • Helps law enforcement • More effective advertising • Parents can track teens CONS • Hackers • Predators • Jealous Spouses
Controversies • Violation of privacy laws • 4th amendment • Should we be given a choice