I'll admit to typing "tracking data" after misreading the following bit of the release:
Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the next couple of years.
"Tracking" vs "traffic". [shrug]
But I'd still strongly prefer to be able to opt out. GPS still works to find location without this data, it's just slower. I should be allowed to take that hit, for the trade-off of not sending in data. As biafra says below:
Tracking data is only anonymous if it cannot be de-anonymized. Since I cannot check that this is not the case (with Apple, Google and Skyhook) I have doubts about the so called anonymity.
Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the next couple of years.
"Tracking" vs "traffic". [shrug]
But I'd still strongly prefer to be able to opt out. GPS still works to find location without this data, it's just slower. I should be allowed to take that hit, for the trade-off of not sending in data. As biafra says below:
Tracking data is only anonymous if it cannot be de-anonymized. Since I cannot check that this is not the case (with Apple, Google and Skyhook) I have doubts about the so called anonymity.