![]() The iPhone backup folder is normally located in "C:\Users\\Application Data\Apple Computer\SyncServices\Local", but if you go looking there, you won't find a file named "consolidated.db". The idea is that you need to find it in your iPhone backup. ![]() And an iPad.įirst, the data file that stores all this data is called "consolidated.db", which is a SQLite database that stores all your location info. Oh, and I also have no relationship with Apple - I just own one of their phones. But, you don't have to jailbreak your phone or anything like that, so don't worry. Oh, and results are not guaranteed, and if you screw up your phone or computer (not likely, but still, I need to say it), I absolve myself of responsibility. So this is how I extracted my data on my Windows 7 machine. But I found it wasn't very straightforward on how to extract it if you don't own a Mac (btw, if you do own a Mac, you can probably skip the rest of this post and use this iPhone tracker application). At any rate, my point isn't to discuss the merits of all this, I just think it's pretty interesting data. I'm also willing to bet that other devices (Android, etc) do the same thing. This article lays out the case pretty clearly that this isn't something to be worried about, and it has been known for quite some time. Similarly, tracking your own location may help with app development (you might want an app that remembers where you've been), more focused ad content (which, lets face it - ads are just going to be a part of cheap/free apps), and probably a host of other things I haven't thought about (which, admittedly, could be evil - but hey, the world's a dangerous place). I guess it would be nice if Apple was more explicit about the fact that this data is being stored, but aside from that, I kind of look on it as browser cookies (which, I seem to remember, everyone freaked out about when those were "discovered"), where a track of where you've been surfing is stored on your own machine. ![]() I don't have the same fears about the use of this data that others have been freaking out about. Okay, so it's been quite *awhile* since I used this thing, but I've actually got something to say that is longer than 140 chars (or multiple annoying tweets).Īfter reading this article about a recent finding that the iPhone iOS4 records all your GPS locations in a database on your phone, I decided to figure out what my own track has been since owning my iPhone 4.
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