What part of it doesn't keep the history forever do you fail to understand?... it replace each tower data every time it's encountered so that the data for that tower is only the most recent... There is a map of where you have been... but not every time. Transferring from device to device makes the device smart... it doesn't have to REBUILD your database for each new device. Understand now?
Actually that’s the biggest damage control spin I think I’ve ever seen. Plus it doesn’t jive with what the reports are saying about it. So you can damage control all day long but no one is buying it.
Plus according to the Wall Street Journal:
Apple Inc.’s iPhones and Google Inc.’s Android smartphones regularly transmit their locations back to Apple and Google, respectively, according to data and documents analyzed by The Wall Street Journal—intensifying concerns over privacy and the widening trade in personal data.
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576277101723453610.html#ixzz1KOTCjKJ9
Looks like they are transmitting data back to Apple. But I thought you said they weren’t. Who do I believe? A well respected new sources or a spin doctor for Apple? Tough call, but I’m going with the WSJ on this one.