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iPhone or iTrack: Apple under scrutiny

Researchers have discovered a file that contains precise details of where an iPhone and its owner have travelled during the handset's lifetime.

British security researchers say the popular iPhones and iPads made by Apple are tracking the movements of their users and keeping a record of everywhere they have been.

The two security researchers who examined the devices discovered a file which is stored on the phone and on the computer with which it is synchronised.

Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden say a position-logging feature is contained in iOS 4, the operating system for the iPhone and iPad, released in June.

It contains precise details of wherever the phone and its owner have travelled during the handset's lifetime........

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The WSJ hired an independent consultant, Ashkan Soltani, who confirmed Kamkar's findings. Google declined to comment. The Guardian cites research by Swedish programmer Magnus Eriksson showing that Android devices keep a record of the locations and unique IDs of the last 50 mobile masts with which they communicated, and the last 200 Wi-Fi networks that it has "seen". These are overwritten, oldest first, when the relevant list is full. It is not yet known whether the lists are sent to Google. That differs from Apple, where the data is stored for up to a year.