Apple today released iOS 4.3.3 which effectively addresses "Locationgate," a recent scandal where Apple was accused of tracking iPhone users.
Sync your phone with iTunes right now to get it, then turn off "Location Services" in Settings if you want the phone-tracking to end.
Of course, turning off Location Services also kills location awareness in all of your apps, too.
If you don't turn off Location Services, your iPhone will now contain a much smaller database of location data anyway.
Apple claims to have never tracked users, only using the location data to improve call latency and service.
Apple also called certain aspects of location-caching on the iPhone "a bug."
Regardless, Apple decided to give in and make the location database smaller, even though Apple claimed the databases were anonymous and encrypted. The biggest change in this update is that your location data will no longer back up to iTunes whenever you sync your iPhone.
As officially announced by Apple, 4.3.3 (4.2.8 for Verizon iPhones) will include:
- The update will no longer backup location data in iTunes
- The size of the location database will be much smaller, only containing data for the last seven days
- When Location Services are turned off, the iPhone will not record location data, and the location database will be deleted.
Head over to iTunes now to grab the latest software update which addresses some controversial issues.
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