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Old 08-02-2012, 07:29 AM   #29
JD Gumby
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Originally Posted by heySkippy View Post
Since I can put my own HTML in an ibook file, it would be trivial to include a "phone home" 1 pixel image similar to what spammers used to do (maybe still do, I dunno) with email. What I don't understand is how any script on my iPad could tell anyone my age and income, or even my location since iBooks doesn't use locations services (that I know of). Apple didn't ask my age and income when I signed up with iTunes Connect, how would this service get that data from a script in a book?
Even if iBooks doesn't use any official location services, it will still know the IP address you are contacting the system from - and that narrows you down to a specific city or region. As for the other info, well, it can easily be figured out to a decently-tight demographics range based on your purchasing and reading habits.
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