Uneasy silence has confirmed that Apple takes your IMEI — essentially your phone’s identifying number — every time you use the stocks application. While I’m sure this is just for purposes of — actually who knows why they do it. Most folks are suggesting that Apple is storing our stock picks somewhere in its hypergalactic vaults, which holds about as much water as Google building an army of smart robots to kill us all in 2012. Either one could happen, but will they?
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Secretly Tracking iPhone IMEI and Usage (with proof) [UneasySilence]
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