The tracking feature was discovered Pete Warden and Alisdai Allan, creating an open-source application called iPhone Tracker, which can map the information on a user’s iPhone or 3G-ready iPad. They found the movement tracking almost by accident, and they hypothesized that the data is readily available on users’ machine — in a very readable form.
iPhone Tracker will display the location history on the map.
Android reportedly collecting data, too. It is also becoming clear that concern over the tracking software is not limited to Apple devices. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google has also been collecting location data from users of its Android OS system, although on a more limited basis than Apple.
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