Apple iPhone secretly monitors personal data

Apple iPhone secretly monitors personal data

After all the restrictions that Steve Jobs has imposed on the owners of Apple iPhone, now it turns out that Apple is probably secretly collecting personal data from any iPhone.

A power user has found bits of code in the iPhone, that may collect and send personal data, such as IMEI, IP address, and companies you are interested in, to an Apple server via the Weather and Stocks applications. The sent information however is encrypted, so it is not that sure whether it holds the IMEI code of your iPhone. Some experienced users have already reverted the code so that it sends zeroes only. Data monitoring could provide valuable information of how many iPhones have been unlocked, how they are distributed around the world and also for studying user preferences and habits, for example.

Just before you put your tin foil hat on, remember that Apple have stated that "… when you interact with Apple, we may collect personal information relevant to the situation, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and contact preferences; your credit card information and information about the Apple products you own, such as their serial numbers and date of purchase; and information relating to a support or service issue." Regardless the legitimate issue of the case, it is definitely immoral for any company to collect personal information in such a secretive manner. Lately, Steve Jobs has been accumulating lots of negativism concerning the iPhone. The latest hot topic was the prosecution of all owners of sites with a domain name including iPhone in it, which led to a spirit of high discontent among the internet society.

*img.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/07/11/iphone-spyware/gsmarena_001.jpg

The other hot news on behalf of the iPhone, announced by some major news sources, concerns the German unit of Vodafone Group, which has obtained a court order against Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile mobile carrier stating that the German telecommunications giant should start selling unlocked versions of the iPhone in Germany. Deutsche Telekom is selling the iPhone exclusively in Germany along with a mandatory 2-year contract and as such is accused of misuse sales practices. Specifically, Vodafone is questioning the iPhone's exclusive use in T-Mobile's network and the use of the device being limited to certain fees within T- Mobile's subscription offerings. A T-Mobile spokesman has confirmed that the restraining order will be disputed by the respondent.

source: GSMARENA.COM

another stupidity of iPhone n Apple

arya bhai naraz mat hona

we do piracy n they take away our privacy TIT FOR TAT!!

Lolz...read it yesterday night. Now why would apple need to send IMEI number via a stock widget

SOURCE : GSMARENA.COM

Now why aren apple charged for antitrust suites?

Are ms always the only target?

*gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone-doesnt-send-imei-information-to-apple-324640.php

Apparently, the iPhone does transmit back home but NOT the IMEI.

Lol.. as they say. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction..

Yea readit yesterday .. we are happy to let apple have our personal data

W

Why should this be suprising?

and so does windows Vista too although vista is an os with inbuilt drm rootkit
..but not a single one,more than 67 entries.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65778&highlight=Vista+spies
*yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/22/1712252
*forums.photographyreview.com/showthread.php?t=34851

fun2sh said:
source: GSMARENA.COM

another stupidity of iPhone n Apple

arya bhai naraz mat hona

praka123 said:
and so does windows Vista too although vista is an os with inbuilt drm rootkit
..but not a single one,more than 67 entries.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65778&highlight=Vista+spies
*yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/22/1712252
*forums.photographyreview.com/showthread.php?t=34851

Everyone's the same. Everyone's out to make money

Not the Linux guys though

P.S: The quoted text is because I'm just referring to it... not replying to it.

What the hell!

This forum has a lot of false information floating around. The headline is absolutely wrong. The iPhone does not "secretly monitor personal data". It does not send your IMEI number to the company. The suspicion have been proven wrong. Even digg removed the story for being inaccurate.

Here's proof.

Stop misreporting.

naveen_reloaded said:
Now why aren apple charged for antitrust suites?

Because they don't do anything to deserve that.

naveen_reloaded said:
Are ms always the only target?

Yes, because they are the ones who ship their products with secret backdoors to the company.

Apparently, adding masala is a norm these days

No1 noticed my reply up there

I posted the same link.

Yes, because they are the ones who ship their products with secret backdoors to the company.

backdoors not only to M$ access,but US army can!Vista is developed in "close" collaboooraution with NSA of US.

iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone...
Too many threads related to iPhone..
I think there should be a sticky thread for the iPhone.

iPhone sucks...

^^ And why do you think iPhone sux ?? I bet you never ever had a hands on experience ! First get experienced, then speak !

^^ So you have seen the iPhone?? And had the "experience" ??

Different people different views.

aryayush said:
What the hell!

This forum has a lot of false information floating around. The headline is absolutely wrong. The iPhone does not "secretly monitor personal data". It does not send your IMEI number to the company. The suspicion have been proven wrong. Even digg removed the story for being inaccurate.

Here's proof.

Stop misreporting.

Because they don't do anything to deserve that.

Yes, because they are the ones who ship their products with secret backdoors to the company.

Ya ya....arya's explanation is always right, apple can do nothing wrong

nvidia8800 said:
^^ So you have seen the iPhone?? And had the "experience" ??

Different people different views.

I_have_the iPhone

Its not about opinion.....its bout the misconception....people have wrong misconceptions bout the iPhone.

Almost 80% don't know yet that it has 100+ 3rd Party Native application as of today.

If you compare 2 Users, 1 with a iPhone and 1 with a N95 over a period of Month, I bet you that the 1st user would be a lot more satisfied with his phone than the second !

The only plus point of N95 is see is Camera and GPS, the rest normal things you do on a Multimedia Phone are done way better on the iPhone !

Okok..
Its just that i didnt like all that hype about the iPhone

Hehe yeh....the iPhones not even officially available in India...and still theres a lot of hype....imagine when it will come in India....we'll get to see that Apple Guy Ads all over the media then

Tanmay said:
Almost 80% don't know yet that it has 100+ 3rd Party Native application as of today.

U forgot to mention that u need to hack & unloack your iPhone to install these apps, & after a new official update your iPhone breaks.

^^Yeah

gx_saurav said:
& after a new official update your iPhone breaks.

if and only if you upgrade to the latest firmware. Plsu, a hack around is out 2 days later anyway.

gx_saurav said:
U forgot to mention that u need to hack & unloack your iPhone to install these apps, & after a new official update your iPhone breaks.

It does not "break".

Only a ultra foolish n00b will update the iPhone without thinking twice ! And these days hacking/unlocking iPhone is just a few steps...anyone can do it now.

In any case, official support for native third party applications is coming pretty soon anyway.

^^^What for? on the same hardware?

Yes, the SDK is coming..

bikdel said:
^^^What for? on the same hardware?

Umm... what?

well i meant to ask why all of a sudden Apple wanted to incorporate the native 3rd pary apps support...

now i get it, simply to BOOST SALES

I mean one wont have to buy a new iphone for it right? Firmware upgrades would do isnt it?

Yes. Native third party application support is coming officially and directly from Apple for the current model of the iPhone in February, 2008. This information has been published directly by Steven Paul Jobs himself, the CEO of Apple Inc., on Apple's official website.

Am I clear enough?

^^yeah more than i need

What is the shocking news? That the "iPhone secretly monitors personal data"?

Why is fake FUD's running in this forum? Where are the admins and mods?