The iPhone 11 Pro’s Location Data Puzzler
Summary: KrebsOnSecurity reported that a new iPhone 11 Pro intermittently sought the user's location even after every app and system service was individually set to never request it, with the behavior persisting on iOS 13.2.3 and not replicable on an iPhone 8. Apple said the phone was performing as designed and that the icon appears for system services that have no switch in Settings, then disclosed the behavior was tied to a new short-range technology for sharing files with nearby phones, with a toggle promised in a future iOS update.
What's compelling: Apple's own engineer stated there are system services that query location regardless of whether the user disabled it for every app and service, which means the per-app privacy controls a security leader points to as evidence of user choice may not cover what the device does on its own.
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