Friday 7 November 2014

iOS8 and why you should be concerned

So you've managed to finally upgrade your iPhone so it is running iOS8 and you've managed to escape or fix, the bugs. If like me, you've then set the restrictions on your iPhone so if it gets misplaced or "borrowed", you should still be able to track it down without Find My Phone being disabled. Once all of your customisations are in place, you're pretty happy, aren't you?

Then for the love of your deity, do not look at the new waste of space apps included with the system. I decided to look through the Health app. I thought it looked nifty but useless to me. Then I realised, what you too will realise. This app constantly works in the background working out how many steps you take every day and records it, without your permission! It also records how far you walk/run! Fark that!


No problem you think to yourself. I'll just disable it! Well no, you can't. This is why the picture shows no data. You can clear the data but you cannot stop it from recording, constantly, your motions. Forget all of the privacy issues here for a second (WHAT? Are you kidding me???). No, just for one second. Just think of the battery usage. Even if you couldn't care less who knows about every detail of your life, I bet you are going to get peeved off when you realise there is a useless app installed on your iPhone, which sucks on the battery and you cannot do a thing about it. Am I right? This is worse than the compulsory inclusion of the U2 album!

Yes, I am mighty peeved about the privacy problem this presents. Heck, I disabled Siri and the finger print recognition.