Here’s something not known to many. It seemed that your iPhone knows a lot about you. Yes, you left a lot of info on your phone, but do you know that your iPhone also knows where you’ve been all these while? This is something already known to iOS 4 but not documented and not publicized heavily.

The trouble with this uncalled-for location tracking is that the hidden file that holds the data — consolidated.db — is fairly easy to uncover and read, making any desktops you’ve backed your phone up to and the phone itself even bigger privacy dangers than they would usually be.

Some extra digging revealed this behaviour has been known about for a good while (see Courbis link below), though mostly by people involved in computer forensics. Additionally, restoring a backup or migrating to a new device keeps the data logging going, which the researchers point to as evidence that what’s happening isn’t accidental.

Now, is this very worrying? This may be worrying if you’re afraid of stalkers hacking into your phone and desktop, but I find this more fun to look back at where I’ve been these past few years, well at least last year. Mine is just a big black dot!

SOURCE via Guardian UK
More info at Courbis.fr