Comment by kornhole

3 years ago

This is going to be really interesting when(not if) someone gets Apple or Google's phone tracking history of all their device holders.

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shortcake27  3 years ago

For Apple, Significant Locations are end-to-end encrypted, and Find My locations are only sent when requested and deleted after 24 hours.

Please don’t say “they’re tracking your location anyway” unless you have evidence. This is Hacker News not Conspiracy News.

  • alwayslikethis  3 years ago

    You can't really claim something is end to end encrypted if you don't have access to the client source code to verify that this is the case. There is no good reason to trust any company for sticking to their words, especially under pressure from the government.

  • kornhole  3 years ago

    What evidence do we have that these locations are deleted after 24 hours and not backed up or shared elsewhere?

    • shortcake27  3 years ago

      Because that’s what Apple says and Apple generally doesn’t lie about their products. If you don’t believe them then the onus is on you to prove it, not for someone else to disprove it.

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