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Every time an iPhone user closes out of the built-in mapping application, the phone snaps a screenshot and stores it. Savvy law-enforcement agents armed with search warrants could use those snapshots to see if a suspect is lying about whereabouts during a crime. iPhone photos are embedded with geo-tags and identifying information, meaning that photos posted online might not only include GPS coordinates of where the picture was taken but also the serial number of the phone that took it.
Even more information is stored by the applications themselves, including the users browser history. That data is meant in part to direct custom-tailored advertisements to the user, but experts said some of it could prove useful to police.
Clearing out user histories isnt enough to clean the device of that data, said John B. Minor, a communications expert and member of the International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners who has written articles for law enforcement about iPhone evidence.
With the iPhone, even if its in the deleted bin, it may still be in the database, Minor said. Much is contained deep within the phone.
Some of that usable data is in screenshots.
Just as users can take and store a picture of their iPhones screen, the phone itself automatically shoots and stores hundreds of such images as people close out one application to use another.
Those screen snapshots can contain images of e-mails or proof of activities that might be inculpatory, or exculpatory, Minor said.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/18/data-on-iphones-a-treasure-trove-in-criminal/
Dit is bekeken vanuit het "law-enforcement" perspectief (of dit een gevoelige snaar raakt of niet laat ik even buiten beschouwing), maar de mogelijkheden voor inbreuk op onze privacy worden alsmaar groter, zeker als je niet meer weet welke data binnen komt en buiten gaat.
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