Good grief. It's unencrypted because most people with iPhones and iPads CHOOSE not to encrypt the iPhone files. It is perfectly possible to encrypt them to 256 bit AES encryption if the user wants it. Most don't worry about it. As I've pointed out the accuracy of this data is REALLY poor... Like a three mile radius for cell tower IDs. . . 300 feet for WIFI hotspots. . . At worst.
True. But isn't that the norm? This is the typical way these threads go when apple has bad press.
In this thread the iBots say it's ok because Apple isn't doing anything with the data (even though WSJ shows the data going back to Apple). Then they say but Google is doing it and tracking it every hour so that's bad, but it's ok for Apple to do similar things.
One of my favorites on another topic is that the Apple Max OSX was the first hacked machine for 3 years in a row at a hacking competition. Yes Linux and Windows both were more secure and took longer to hack. At first they were silent for at least 1 week...then they got their marching orders. The reason it happened is it took a NASA scientist to hack the Mac and it was pre-staged (3 years in a row!!!). As if that makes it any better. It's not like Russia and China doesn't have any smart hackers ya know. But to them it's ok because it was just one uber smart guy that was able to hack the Mac...while it took others more time to hack Linux and Windows. I know it makes no sense but hey it's like you said they remind us of Obama supporters.