Apple Addresses iPhone 11 Location Privacy Concern
Summary: Apple is rolling out iOS 13.3.1 with a new setting that lets iPhone 11 users disable the Ultra Wideband feature, a short-range technology for sharing files with nearby phones. KrebsOnSecurity reported in December that iPhone 11 devices query the user's location even when all applications and system services are set never to request it; Apple first said it saw no privacy concern, then acknowledged the requests were tied to the Ultra Wideband chip and said the location checking resides entirely on the device.
Bottom line: Apple's initial response was to dismiss the finding as operating by design, and the toggle only arrived after the story had been picked up across the tech press - a reminder that a vendor's first answer on a privacy question is not the same as its final one.
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