Those who have an iPhone (or similar smartphone) has is sounded out by a lot of apps. Mostly it is in the spies for advertising service providers and companies that specialize in the investigate of user behavior - the largest of which is Google.
is your complete address provided ( WhatsApp ), your location when you launch that app, after which locations or products you are looking for, etc. A build complete control of so many people at once, it has never happened before in history!
is not responsible for the state, but first the industry because they're selling something. But the data collected, the state can give in "need" easy access.
With a jailbreak iPhone you can check my statement lightly: Install the program firewall iP from Cydia (which is a kind of "Little Snitch" for the iPhone). It asks each time check with you if a program wants to connect to the Internet. When the program is "n-tv" for example, may be banned numerous connection requests (including Google), and the program continues to function as if nothing had happened.
"Taken together, create these technologies, a user profile, interests, income level, products purchased, looked at ads and various other information. Of course, there is no single company has the entire record. Google is the but pretty close, especially when you have a Gmail account and remain there while surfing logged in, or when you call cloud-based Google services (...). "
Source: Technology Review heise.de /
PS A good replacement for WhatsApp the way, is the free Kik Messenger that connects at least only with their own server.
PPS Here still a good article on the topic macnews.de Mac App Store (since Mac OS 10.6.6).
Update 2.2.11: heise.de I've learned of a study on the subject. Quote from the article : "More than half of the investigated Apps sent but the device number - a 40-digit hexadecimal number that identifies an iPhone without doubt - the net."
