The iPhone tracking fiasco and what you can do about it

This was previously mentioned in these pages.  More at: 

http://m.engadget.com/default/article.do?artUrl=http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/21/the-iphone-tracking-fiasco-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/&category=classic&subCategory=featured&icid=eng_featured_art&type=&postPage=

One more reason to jailbreak.

The item below, while excusing Apple at length, ignores two important points:

1.  In many jurisdictions, clicking on an "Agree" button when installing software does not constitute agreement.  This recognises the fact that no one stops to read long legalese documents in the middle of a software installation.
2. Most commentators, including HHG2Tech, are less concerned about what Apple might do with this data, but what a thief might do with it.

http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/04/21/iphone-data-collection-explained/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+loopinsight/KqJb+(The+Loop)#dsq-add-new-comment