The moment the news about Apple's tracking systems hit the newspapers and TV, I asked the experts in a Southern California PI school to find a way--if possible--to turn off the tracking.
After a three-day effort I received a report on all the ways that some have TRIED to block the tracking. I will spare you all their references to research and jump to the last two paragraphs of the report:
"Smart-phones can be 'synced' with home computers or laptops. The location information will be transferred to the computer. Therefore
anyone who hacks the computer can get the information that was once stored in the Iphone (or Android, or other Smart-phone in general).
"Our opinion is that Smartphones in general are the problem and people should follow your lead and stick to the 'dumb phones'. The only solution is to avoid ALL Wi-Fi enabled APPLE products because
Ipads are no better. Anything they put out there to facilitate communication WILL record time-stamped Long/Lat info and be available to those inclined to retrieve it."
Conclusion: The only way to keep Apple from tracking you via your iPhones or iPads is to get rid of them. Scrub your computer's hard drive as well.Labels: how to avoid tracking, tracking Apple's Wi-fi products, tracking the iPad, tracking the iPhone
Privacy blog post by JJ Luna at 7:03 PM
