[Infowarrior] - More on... Apple Secretly Tracking iPhone IMEI and Usage

[Richard Forno]

> From:    "Jens"

> Hi!
> 
> Maybe that info isn¹t correct after all. Check this blog:
> http://docpool.org/iphone/Apple%20does%20NOT%20SEND%20the%20IMEI.en.html
> 
> It seems that he IMEI string also appears in the old OS X widgets (on Tiger
> and Leopard) and also in the iPod Touch widgeds...
> 
> For some reason there seems to be a bit of a which hunt going on right now,
> doesn¹t it? 
> I don¹t want to defend Apple for some grave mistakes they may have done,
> like having all apps run as root on the iPhone, but somehow it seems that
> all of a sudden the whole Apple thing went from a beautiful advanced system
> to something worse than Windows...
> 
> Don¹t think so...
> 
> Regards,
> Jens
> 
> PS: And one of the readers in the uneasysilence blog has the right idea in
> my opinion: why not sniffer the communication to see what¹s really being
> transmitted instead of simply assuming that the string MUST mean that Apple
> checks which stock markets and weather forecasts people are interested in...
> I¹ve ordered my iPhone (and am looking forward to it) and I will surely
> check who it talks to and what.