Marco Arment's Take on iOS Location Tracking

Marco Arment:

The reason everyone’s up in arms about the iPhone’s location database, I think, isn’t that the data is particularly incriminating or embarrassing for most people. Rather, we’ve simply been reminded quite how much of our lives these convenient pocket computers are privy to.

He goes on to compare this kerfuffle of iOS location tracking to the amount of privacy we shed on various social networks. Be sure to read the whole thing.