Why the iPhone 11 Tracks Your Location Even When You Tell It Not To

Russian disinformation, a VC hack, vulnerable VPNs, and more are in the week’s top security news...

Apple Admits to Bugs, Denies Tracking iPhone Users

Apple finally sounded off on its phone tracking imbroglio on Wednesday telling iPhone customers that “it’s the location, stupid.” The company claims its tracking feature is designed to collect data on cell towers and wifi hotspots, not users. After more than a week of silence, the notoriously...

Report: iPhones Track Movement Even With Location Services Disabled

The ongoing controversy over a hidden feature in Apple iPhones that tracks and stores the whereabouts of the phone became a bit murkier, after an analysis by the Wall Street Journal found that Apple may not be abiding by its own user privacy agreement by continuing to track its customers’...

Congressman Calls on Apple to Explain iPhone Tracking

Congress stepped into the brewing controversy over a recently disclosed tracking feature in most versions of Apple’s popular iPhone. Representative Ed Markey D-Mass has written a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs asking for more information about the feature PDF, suggesting that it may run afoul of...