With the media, congress and privacy advocates circling for the kill, Apple has acted quickly to stop uploading location tracking data from mobile devices with the release of iOS 4.3.3. The LocationGate scandal began when a couple of researchers announced they had discovered iOS 4 devices were tracking their users’ locations (or at least, the cell towers and hotspots closest to them), storing that information on Apple mobile devices, and uploading it to iTunes. Lawmakers and disgruntled customers demanded to know what Apple was up to, and what it was planning to do with the data. READ MORE
