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The iPhone v1.2 OS firmware that’s been running on the iPhone SDK’s emulator and a few iPhone hackers’ handsets has been spotted with location logging capability. Positional data from cell tower triangulation and WiFi hotspot locations are apparently recorded and logged in the iPhone OS 1.2.
iPhone Atlas found evidence of the location logging, and it looks like this:
- LOCATION,Time,227256578.75,Type,GMM,Pos,1,+33.117950,-96.775681,Accuracy,1810,Confidence,,ActualLocation,0,MCC,310,MNC,410,LAC,0xcb29,CI,0×29ba,ARFCN,,BSIC,,RSSI,-78,TA,, 227256578.754-virtual void CellLocationRequester::requestCompleted(): queried for 7 cells but received only 1 responses
- LOCATION,Time,227256582.90,Type,CL-Skyhook,Pos,1,+33.098492,-96.781595,Accuracy, 191.86,
- LOCATION,Time,227256582.90,Type,CL,Pos,1,+33.117950,-96.775681,Accuracy,1810.00,
Now, location logging opens the door to some interesting features in the future. On the other hand, the fact that your iPhone could track your current position as well as your whereabouts throughout the day is a potential security and privacy issue.
We’ll have to wait and see what the next iPhone firmware does with this location logging feature, if it’s even included in the official OS release. It’d be cool to see your daily travels over-layed on Google Maps and appended with calendar events. Especially if it’s complemented with the 3G iPhone’s GPS reciever – if.
[Via: iPhone Atlas]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
