Lawsuit alleges Apple tracking led SWAT to wrong location [More]
They can track you through your ear buds now?
And people buy them?
To become intentionally oblivious?
[Via bondmen]
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One of Apple’s big, bold-printed disclaimers is that locations are approximate. Under the best conditions it could be within 5-10 feet, but under normal “real life” conditions they’re often doing good to get within half a city block. Androids are no better; the spot my own phone’s data would label as “home” almost never places me at my actual property, and it’s measured in acres!
The question is, with all those disclaimers, why was SWAT using the approximate location data as precise and definitive? And as a follow-up, what judge signed off on that warrant without verification? (That second question seems to be a recurring problem.)
In my mind, that’s where the fault lies, not with Apple, who openly tells you that the location is neither precise nor definitive.