New iPhone 11 Pro collects location data even when blocked by user, security expert says

Thursday, December 5, 2019
A heads up if you have the new iPhone 11 Pro.

The phone reportedly collects location data even when the user has blocked it from doing so.
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The digital-security blog Krebs on Security found the issue and reported it to Apple.

Apple told the organization that the collection is expected behavior.
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That is despite onscreen language in Apple's Location Services privacy policy that tells users they can disable Location Services at any time.

A follow-up post from KrebsOnSecurity offered more information from the company: "Apple disclosed that this behavior is tied to the inclusion of a short-range technology that lets iPhone 11 users share files locally with other nearby phones that support this feature, and that a future version of its mobile operating system will allow users to disable it."
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