Apple sued over track users

Apple is being sued for invasion of privacy and fraud by two U.S. consumers, concerned about the fact that the company can be up and archiving data geolocation iPhone and iPad. Vikram Ajjampur, owner of an iPhone in Florida, and William Devito, a New Yorker who has iPad, filed a lawsuit on April 22, Friday, the justice of Florida. Their intention is that a judge prohibiting the mark to access your private data
The issue of privacy in the company's equipment is old and was brought to the fore again because of a technology conference in Santa Clara, Calif., where researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden showed that the company's equipment can be secretly archiving information its users for up to one year. The exact location of the person was being recorded in an unencrypted file, except inside the unit. When the device is synchronized with the iTunes music management software and Apple applications, the log information is also detailed GPS to your computer, making it an easy target for hackers. The function is still active even if the person resolve the activity off the GPS.

"We decided to move the action to know that Apple is basically tracking people everywhere. If you're a federal judge, you need a mandate if you want this information, and Apple is having access to them without any of that, "said Aaron Mayer, attorney for the accusers, told Bloomberg.

U.S. lawmakers are demanding an explanation from Apple about the fact, and many of them even sent letters to the company. Congressman Edward Markey said in his message to the manufacturer that the practice is illegal. "Apple needs to protect the location information of its users to ensure that an iPhone does not become a iTracker (English, locator). Collecting, storing and disclosing the location of a user for commercial purposes without express consent is unacceptable and violates the current legislation, "he accused.

Apple has not commented officially on the case, but Steve Jobs would have answered an email about it saying that his company does not file location data, but the competition does. A client sent a message to the e-mail at apple.com sjobs with which the executive answers some specific messages: "Please, could you explain the need for passive monitoring function of my position on my iPhone? It's a little unnerving to know that my exact location is always being recorded. Maybe you can explain to me why before I switch to a Droid. They did not crawl. "

When Mr. Jobs replied, "yes track. We do not monitor anyone. The information that walk spreading are false. "