A story appeared on the web yesterday that iPhones record their position over time... basically, a file records the position of the phone using the GPS functionality that is built-in. I can hear the responses... everything from "who cares?" to "this is the end of the world as we know it."
For me, this points out a reality of the digital world that everyone must be prepared to accept (yup, you must accept it and come up with a strategy to deal with it because it is here and it is not going back): there is all kinds of data collected about you and you are not aware of it.
Sure, this is a threat to your privacy, but it has been going on for decades, and it takes stories like this to bring it to consciousness. For educators, this brings up one of the important lessons we need to teach children: be aware of what you are making public and be aware that information about you is being collected all of the time.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/apple-iphone-secretly-tracking-users-privacy-security-researcher/articleshow/8045255.cms
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