Apple a promis ca iOS 4.3.3 va rezolva problema logarii locatiilor din iOS spunand ca totul este doar un bug al sistemului de operare. Desigur ca toata lumea primit cu incertitudine afirmatiile celor de la Apple asa ca revista PCMag s-a hotarat sa testeze iOS 4.3.3 pentru a verifica daca logatiile sunt logate in aceeasi maniera ca si pana acum. Spre bucuria celor care erau speriati ca sunt urmariti, iOS 4.3.3 nu mai logheaza locatiile deci puteti merge unde doriti fara nici o problema.
Cei de la PCMag au folosit 3 metode diferite pentru a verifica daca logarea se face in aceeasi maniera. In prima metoda au folosit aplicatia iPhoneTrackapp pentru a verifica daca un backup-ul iOS-ului se regasesc informatii privind locatiile. Spre surprinderea lor niciunul dintre terminalele iPhone testate nu afisa locatiile prin care utilizatorii au trecut.
When we tested this a few weeks ago, the results were clear: while rogue location points peppered the map, for the most part, results appeared surprisingly accurate, showing that the iPhone tracked us to and from work and followed us on vacation. This time, however, there was nothing. Neither of the iPhones we tested showed any evidence of location data being collected and stored in the backup files.
A doua metoda de testare a constat in cautarea manuala a fisierelor in interiorul terminalelor iPhone pentru a verifica daca fisierele logheaza intr-adevar la fel de multe informatii ca si inainte. Spre surprinderea lor fisierul gasit in iPhone avea o marime de doar 24KB fata de 380KB cat avea cel vechi si in el nu se regaseau informatii despre locatii. Deci tot ceea ce a spus Apple pana acum se verifica.
This time around, however, that same file contained almost no data whatsoever. Any data it did collect wasn’t related to tracking. It is also interesting to note that the size of this file has shrunk 15-fold. Before the iOS 4.3.3 upgrade, the file weighed 380KB. Afterward: 24KB.
Ultima metoda a avut in prim-plan aplicatia Lantern folosita de politistii americani pentru a descoperi ce se afla in iDevice-uri, aplicatie pe care eu v-am prezentat-o aici. Din fericire pentru noi nici cu aplicatia Lantern nu au putut fi descoperite informatii despre locatiile utilizatorilor desi s-au gasit in backup toate celelalate informatii din telefon : SMS-uri, apeluri, poze, etc.
While Lantern did an outstanding job retrieving everything from voicemails to text messages from the devices, post-iOS 4.3.3, it found no location-based information on either phone, with or without Location Services enabled. This leads us to conclude that iOS 4.3.3 has either hidden, encrypted, or moved location-based information in such a way that it is either invisible to even dedicated forensics software or, more likely, that it is no longer tracking that information.
In concluzie iOS 4.3.3 nu mai logheaza datele privind locatiile, nu mai transfera fisierul cu acele date prin iTunes si nu logheaza locatii cand functia Location Services este inchisa. Apple pare a fi rezolvat toate problemele, ramane de vazut pentru cat timp.
