Lawmakers ask Steve Jobs to explain iPhone tracking

(Blog Post) In the wake of a recent discovery regarding data collection on iPhones, some Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether Apple has failed to protect its customers' privacy, and whether the company has possibly broken the law. Researchers announced Wedne Full Story »

Posted by Melissa Kronenberger - via CBS News
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Subjects: U.S., Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Law, Technology, Apple, Mobile
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Posted by: Posted by Melissa Kronenberger - Apr 21, 2011 - 3:29 PM PDT
Content Type: Blog Post
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Apr 22, 2011 - 9:34 AM PDT
Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Apr. 21, 2011

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Melissa Kronenberger
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by Melissa Kronenberger - Apr. 21, 2011

For the most part, this article is good journalism. It was compelling to me because I have an iPhone, but I also think that non-iPhone owners would be interested in this new finding as well. The letter that Ed Markey wrote to Steve Jobs was quoted as well as Al Franken and Jay Inslee in their own letters to Steve Jobs. However, no one was directly quoted, for example, in an interview. I am interested to know what the results of this finding will be.

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Daile Teramo
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by Daile Teramo - Apr. 23, 2011

This article was good journalism. The article teaches the reader about a subject you otherwise might not have known about. I think the article could have more relevant information included and should have quoted some individuals.

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Denzell Massenburg
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by Denzell Massenburg - Apr. 22, 2011

This was a good article. Most electronic devices recently made have tracking on them or better yet all of them. I do see the point of lawmakers though that they should respect consumers privacy. I see the big picture they are trying to create.

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Laurel Lewkowitz
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by Laurel Lewkowitz - Apr. 22, 2011

this is good journalism because it informs the reader of a subject that I would probably not have been aware about had I not read this article. I am curious to see what Steve job's response is and how exactly the information was discovered. I think it is incomplete because much more information could have been included.

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