According to the lads over at Boy Genius Report, iOS 4.3.3 — which is the update that will famously fix the problem of iPhone location tracking — is coming soon, and they’ve got their hands on it.
What’s new?
• The update will no longer back up the location database to iTunes.
• The size of the location database will be reduced.
• The location database will be deleted entirely when Location Services are turned off.
• Battery life improvements.
• iPod bug fixes.
iOS 4.3.3 should be out in the next two weeks, and Apple will likely also close that pesky jailbreak hole revealed by iOS 4.3.1.
[via Redmond Pie]
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
15 responses to “iOS 4.3.3 To Drop Within Two Weeks, Stop Tracking iPhones”
Great news… And it shows how fast is Apple in releasing updates…
On the other hand, Google… Well… Anyway…
PS: The name is blurred, but the window title isn’t… HAHAHA
Ridiculous! I hope they are doing another fix for people who DO NOT want their location bug fixed. I don’t know about the rest of you yahoos, but I for one am keeping this function-why you ask, well here you go. Perfect example, my friend just lost his iPhone 4 last night, I told him to call Apple and have them track the phone, if they can track where he last was and have the phone’s information, they should be able to find it. Haven’t done a follow-up but I’m glad that his phone doesn’t have this update, otherwise this guy might be out of an iphone. Get a grip people, some programs are for your own good and you don’t even know it!
This is the best.. Man Apple is the best!
They are so fast.
Tracking implies that Jobs has some giant screen at home where he can pull up the location of every iPhone and watch them move around. Which is what Apple says they are not doing and no one has proven them to be liars
I think you can disable this function if you want… Otherwise it’ll keep running…
But if you disable it… According to Apple: all database will be erased and you’ll be free…
I honestly couldn’t care if Apple was tracking where my iPhone is, i have complete trust in the company.
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