Security News > 2020 > January > Apple Addresses iPhone 11 Location Privacy Concern

Apple is rolling out a new update to its iOS operating system that addresses the location privacy issue on iPhone 11 devices that was first detailed here last month.

In December, KrebsOnSecurity pointed out the new iPhone 11 line queries the user's location even when all applications and system services are individually set never to request this data.

Apple initially said the company did not see any privacy concerns and that the location tracking icon appears for system services that do not have a switch in the iPhone's settings menu.

Apple later acknowledged the mysterious location requests were related to the inclusion of an Ultra Wideband chip in iPhone 11, Pro and Pro Max devices.

Apple also stressed it doesn't use the UWB feature to collect user location data, and that this location checking resided "Entirely on the device." Still, it's nice that iPhone 11 users will now have a setting to disable the feature if they want.

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