A woman uses her Apple iPhone and laptop in a cafe in New York City (Source: Reuters)
Google and Facebook normally make the headlines when its comes to user privacy but Apple, a company that prides itself on its data security, has been accused of sharing user’s location data with tracking companies. Geoffrey Fowler, who published his findings in the Washington Post, observed that nearly 1.5 GB of data was shared with third parties from the iPhones 5,400 data trackers.
Why you should care:
Data security is one of Apple two selling points, the other being the phone’s unique design which under the threat of getting more ordinary by the day. Even the device’s tagline is, ‘What happens on your iPhone stays on your phone.’ If these allegations hold true, Apple troubles might be about to get even worse.