Tuesday, July 13, 2010

More eye spy than iPhone as smart device does the legwork for police

NEW YORK: Criminals using the Apple iPhone may be unwittingly providing police with a wealth of information that could be used against them, research has revealed.
As the device grows in popularity, technology experts and US law enforcement agencies are devoting increasing efforts to understanding its potential for forensic investigators.
While police have tracked criminals by locating their position via conventional mobile phone towers, iPhones offer far more information.
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''There are a lot of security issues in the design of the iPhone that lend themselves to retaining more personal information than any other device,'' said Jonathan Zdziarski, a former computer hacker who now teaches US police how to retrieve data from mobile phones.
''These devices organise people's lives and, if you're doing something criminal, something about it is going to go through that phone.''
Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones since it was introduced in 2007.

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