XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: this@is.invalid   
      
   Using , Your Name wrote:   
      
   >> But of course, launch off the deep end into the panic a pearl clutching.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately in this newsgroup there are a lot of know-nothing trolls   
   > and a lot of conspiracy nutters, with some 'people' (for want of a   
   > better term) being in both groupings.   
      
   Seems pretty real in government, Apple news & cybersecurity news reports.   
      
   https://cybersecuritynews.com/apples-wi-fi-positioning-system/   
     "Researchers from the University of Maryland published their findings,   
      which reveal that an unprivileged attacker can exploit Apple's   
      crowdsourced location tracking system to amass a worldwide database   
      of Wi-Fi access point locations and track devices' movements."   
      
   The researchers suggested in their paper that the government again be used   
   to force Apple to implement privacy so this can't be done in the future.   
      
     "They also recommend that WPS operators restrict access to their APIs   
      and that governments consider regulating the use of WPS data.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)