Got an iPhone? Well...

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I actually kinda like that. But, then again, I have nothing to hide. It doesn't matter to me if people know where I am / have been, and if it could be used to see if someone was at the scene of a crime, it could be beneficial. "But that would only show that the phone was there, and not the person." Sure, but if a call was made around that time, OR if they never lost their phone, then probably not.
 
What you think affects how others treat you. There are times when it's best to not share your EVERY thought. Hopefully whoever "reviews" your phone's content shares your views.

Worst case scenario... you may have a contact that does have something to hide... for reasons you know nothing about... then suddenly you're in question. Why risk it? If you have nothing to hide, you should have nothing to reveal... Why should a total stranger be allowed to download the contents of your phone during a traffic stop anyway?

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/34/3458.asp

That's why you should be concerned about your privacy... even if you have nothing to hide.
 
You don't have to hiding anything to have a reasonable expectation of privacy (granted, more difficult to achieve these days...)

Who's worse, Apple or Google?

Apple can legitimately claim that it has permission to collect the data: near the end of the 15,200-word terms and conditions for its iTunes program, used to synchronise with iPhones, iPods and iPads, is an 86-word paragraph about "location-based services".
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In a speech, Google's then-chief executive Eric Schmidt suggested that: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines – including Google – do retain this information for some time and it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities."
His words provoked an outcry from privacy rights campaigners, who pointed out that privacy is a right, and that it protects every citizen from abuses by those in power.
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What really concerns me about the "I have nothing to hide" response, and it is usually from the younger generation because they have been indoctrinated to look at privacy differently, is that they don't see it as a human right they own. It is so poorly thought out; that even if you don't choose to exercise a right, you should therefore not protect it.
 
But people knowing what you're doing, and controlling what you're doing are two different things. This isn't 1984 or A Brave New World.

I'm always up for a good conspiracy theory, but this one seems bland.

I mean really, tracking my phone would reveal a lot of back and forth from work to home, and some trips to Wal-mart. Pretty boring. If they want to track that, so be it. Who knows ... Maybe it'll create some jobs for people out there.

EDIT: And if it REALLY bothers you ... just don't carry your phone around with you. If you really don't want people to know where you are, don't even get a cell phone. No one will have any clue where you are, then.
 
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