Isn't it creepy that your phone can remember everywhere you've gone within the week when you can barely remember what day it is? iOS7 has a setting called "Frequent Locations" which is turned on by default. This setting tracks everywhere you've gone including the time, date and address. The setting then stores your information deep in the phone, where it's hard to find and delete. I understand if a user decided to turn this feature on however I don't think it should have been a default setting (because of privacy). "So, how do you turn it off? For that, you’re going to have to dig deep into the settings menu. To be specific, Settings > Privacy > Location Services > scroll all the way down to the bottom > System Services (an utterly unhelpful description that I would never have clicked without learning that I needed to) > scroll to the bottom again > Frequent Locations > switch the option to off."-(http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-your-ios-7-privacy-settings-are-a-mess/) That's a lot of over-complicated steps to swipe an "off" button. My point is....if this "frequent locations" setting has been turned on behind consumers backs, then what else is out there that is tracking our every move? Can anyone go anywhere without leaving a digital footprint? Have phones become a personal tracking device? Being anonymous has become the new "mission impossible".
-M&M
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