Apple iPhone and iPad

A number of security researchers claim if Apple secretly tracking the whereabouts of iPhone users and store it in a file can be accessed easily by others without the knowledge of their owners. tracking device was discovered by two British software developer Alisdair Allan and Pete Warden, who is looking for ways to visualize data for site location.

This device is known to have stored the position of the device in a hidden file called "consolidated.db" which is intended to record the latitude and longitude coordinates plus the time when in this position.

Apple's data is stored inside the device without encryption so that could jeopardize the privacy and security of its users. Other people who know the location of the file can check and find out where all the users of this device on the move. The data stored in this one year time frame so that it can be seen the activity of a person in a year.

In addition to recording the wireless access, these devices also record the cellular tower and GPS. Content is stored in a file called "consolidated.db" allegedly, recording the location of iPhone users could have been held since June 2010, or since the emergence of IOS 4

Fortunately there is one way to protect users or iPad 3G iPhone by performing the encryption (encryption) of data file backups via iTunes. Users simply check the option 'Encrypt the iPhone backup' which is displayed from the Options menu.