Apple explains why the iPhone 11 is requesting location data without permission

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Reported today on The Verge

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Reported today in The Verge.

Apple explains why the iPhone 11 is requesting location data without permission

Apple has finally clarified a peculiar and unsettling privacy issue with its newer iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models regarding location tracking. After security expert Brian Krebs revealed earlier this week that the latest iPhones request location data even when a user has toggled the appropriate privacy settings to avoid sharing that information, Apple is now telling TechCrunch that the culprit is its new ultra wideband technology. The company says it will provide a way to disable that in a future update, TechCrunch reports.

"Ultra wideband technology is an industry standard technology and is subject to international regulatory requirements that require it to be turned off in certain locations," an Apple spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch. "iOS uses Location Services to help determine if iPhone is in these prohibited locations in order to disable ultra wideband and comply with regulations... The management of ultra wideband compliance and its use of location data is done entirely on the device and Apple is not collecting user location data."

Apple's new iPhone 11 Pro seeks the user's location info even when all apps and system services on the phone are individually set to never request it. Apple says this is by design, but that response seems at odds w/ the company's own privacy policy. https://t.co/PH8XBmhZrv pic.twitter.com/3foAOSd3nM

With the introduction of the iPhone 11 back in September, Apple said it had included a new U1 chip in the phone and its Pro variant so that it could do localized communication with other U1 devices without needing to bounce a signal to cell towers or satellites. "Think GPS at the scale of your living room," Apple ha



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