How your Apple iPhone spies on you
Criminals using the Apple iPhone may be unwittingly providing police with a wealth of information that could be used against them, according to new research. By Tom Leonard in New York Published: 08 Jul 2010 As the communications device grows in popularity, technology experts and US law enforcement agencies are devoting increasing efforts to understanding their potential for forensics investigators. While police have tracked criminals by locating their position via conventional mobile phone towers, iPhones offer far more information, say experts. "There are a lot of security issues in the design of the iPhone that lend themselves to retaining more personal information than any other device," said Jonathan Zdziarski, a former computer hacker who now teaches US law enforcers how to retrieve data from mobile phones. "These devices organise people's lives and, if you're doing something criminal, something about it is going to go through that phone." ...