It’s been a while since we’ve had a Steve Jobs Email on this site, they just don’t seem to happen as often. Today’s one comes from MacRumors, where a reader asked about the iOS tracking issue:
Q: Steve,
Could you please explain the necessity of the passive location-tracking tool embedded in my iPhone? It’s kind of unnerving knowing that my exact location is being recorded at all times. Maybe you could shed some light on this for me before I switch to a Droid. They don’t track me.
A: Oh yes they do. We don’t track anyone. The info circulating around is false.
Sent from my iPhone
As always, we don’t really know the authenticity of these emails, but this one seems a leeeetle bit fishy. “The info circulating around is false”? What does that mean?
Meanwhile, the WSJ has shown that even if location services are turned off, the phone still tracks your location. Some people don’t think it’s a big deal, though.
The interesting thing I got from looking at my map was how oddly the location data was placed. It wasn’t down to the street and house number, but rather a map grid. Quite peculiar.
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I call BS.
Yeah, something about this just really doesn’t scan right. My BS sensor is going off.
“The interesting thing I got from looking at my map was how oddly the location data was placed. It wasn’t down to the street and house number, but rather a map grid. Quite peculiar.”
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You need to read the FAQ on the program you used to view your map. It states that the data is purposefully generalized into a grid pattern so hackers can’t use that program to access your actual data.
Color me a slacker for not realizing that. Thanks for the clarification!
I don’t believe this at all and the person that wrote the email needs to get their facts straight because Droids do the same thing as well. The response doesn’t seem like a typical Steve Jobs response at all.
I think the E-Mail is fake. Doesn’t seem like the typical S. Jobs E-Mails. But the GPS tracking that Apple DOES do, is very unnerving. There should be legal action against Apple for doing this. BIG BROTHER!
Email is fake. Jobs would not deny anything that is obviously true. He’d at least make an excuse or give a reason.
Huh?
Looks like a typical email response from Jobs. I wonder why there is even an option to be able to email him.
He wont comment with any detail with pending lawsuits etc…