Your Phone May Also Be A Tracking Device

Security experts Peter Warden and Alasdair Allen have made a startling discovery about Apple's iPhone and 3G iPad: The devices secretly track and record your location.

Apparently, this has been going on for 10 months, despite the fact that Apple has never previously disclosed that they keep a record of all their iPhone users whereabouts.

Warden and Allen have also developed a free app that allows you to access this information yourself, so you can see displayed on a map all the places you've been to with your iPhone since June.

Of course, this means anyone who gets a hold of your iPhone -- in particular a jealous significant other -- can also easily uncover this information.  I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of girlfriends getting their man this phone.

This should make this phone very popular with parents, as well.  My son is 10, he has his own phone, and though I keep a very close eye on him - I admit that I wouldn't be opposed to knowing his exact location at all times!

So far no comment from Apple on this disclosure.