iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple

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  1. hawki

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    "...Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification.
    'You only need to have iCloud itself enabled' for the data to be sent, said Vladimir Katalov, CEO of Elcomsoft.

    The logs surreptitiously uploaded to Apple contain a list of all calls made and received on an iOS device, complete with phone numbers, dates and times, and duration. They also include missed and bypassed calls. Elcomsoft said Apple retains the data in a user’s iCloud account for up to four months providing a boon to law enforcement..."

    https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-call-history-to-apple-security-firm-says/
     
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