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		ciniglio on Sept 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Letter from Tim Cook on Maps Since they also own the phone OS, they could get the location of those millions of phones at all times, no need to have the maps app open.

rmc on Sept 28, 2012 [–]

No they cannot. That sort of "track every phone all the time" behaviour would be illegal under Data Protection Directive.

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