iPhone 4.0: Positive Steps with Location Privacy
A few weeks ago, Apple
unveiled plans
for it's upcoming release of the iPhone operating system. As part of these announcements there were some
positive steps relating to location privacy. In particular, see
this review
in the NY Times.
Scott Forstall, Apple Sr. VP of iPhone Software, referred to "fine-grained settings" such as managing the list of applications with access to location and end-user notification settings.
This is an important step forward from the current smartphone and mobile web model where each application (or mobile web site) is silo'd with it's own permission settings.
Scott Forstall, Apple Sr. VP of iPhone Software, referred to "fine-grained settings" such as managing the list of applications with access to location and end-user notification settings.
This is an important step forward from the current smartphone and mobile web model where each application (or mobile web site) is silo'd with it's own permission settings.
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