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Foursquare constantly tracking users' locations
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Re: Foursquare constantly tracking users' locations
#42The second portion of the post which explains how to capture traffic leaving your device is more informative and probably should have been the main thesis rather than focusing on Foursquare's non-surprising use of constant geo location updates.
Thank you for the feedback. That was my original intention, but seeing the constant location updates from Foursquare while writing the article surprised me (admittedly not too much).
How did you get the Proxy Settings screen ? Is that a separate app that you need to install ?
Re: Foursquare constantly tracking users' locations
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you for the feedback. That was my original intention, but seeing the constant location updates from Foursquare while writing the article surprised me (admittedly not too much).
How did you get the Proxy Settings screen ? Is that a separate app that you need to install ?
Tap and hold your Wi-Fi network, then select "Modify network". The proxy options are under the advanced options.
Re: Foursquare constantly tracking users' locations
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you for the feedback. That was my original intention, but seeing the constant location updates from Foursquare while writing the article surprised me (admittedly not too much).
While recently digging into CoreLocation's CLLocationManager recently I also discovered that any app which is given location privileges can be saving your location every 10 min in the background. It was a surprise to me too.
This, along with the M7 motion co-processor in the new iPhone 5S, and Apple's pretty substantial investment in iBeacons, tells me that Apple sees the future of the iOS ecosystem as a series of experience-enhancing physically-aware ambient apps.
(The kind of apps that require a good notification center - like the one in iOS7 - cuz they're spewing so many little bits of suggestions at you.)
I suspect Apple will tread carefully in these waters, but initial signs are worrisome. Let's hope that they can figure out the personal analytics thing and work in some privacy with it too. They're not an ad company, so it's possible. :)
Re: Foursquare constantly tracking users' locations
#45A company focused on enabling users to report their own locations... knows the locations of their users. I am not surprised.
A service known for letting you announce your location ... now knows your location even when you haven't announced it.
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#46Re: Foursquare constantly tracking users' locations
#47The WiFi scan data is interesting. I guess Google maps cars have made it ok for corporations to War Drive at massive scale. But using your users devices to do it for you is interesting.