I have a GREAT friend that posed this question to me. I responded and I just have to share.

"I am curious DevTeam Dork, what is the exact nature of your problem being tracked? I know bottom-line it is about privacy but who cares? Is the longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of your whereabouts that big of a deal. I mean if you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide.

From your house to your work. To Abq, to wherever. Your S&IT isn't a national secret is it?

Just sayin"

MY RESPONSE:

You have posed a GREAT question my fine young cannibal, (google it), and NOTHING taken in a sarcastic way at all.

Here is the deal. The whole jailbreaking is not just about Rage Against The Machine. Its a movement. "We" are a nation of people that understand that a superior product, ie, iPhone, iPad etc etc should be used to its FULLEST ability, (which has been proven when its not been JB) .Sadly enough the dictatorship of Steve Jobs has reigned for a VERY long time. Does he have the right to be a monopoly ? Gad damn right he does. He has the best product out there. HOWEVER........."WE" as a movement have the right to take our iDevices and do what "WE" want to do to them. When we do.........(Steve) dont come at us and beat us down, hold us back, point the finger at us like "WE" are criminals. (please note the DMCA).

When the discovery of the tracking came down, it was just another obvious item that shows that "THEY" want to know everything about us. I agree with you. Who cares where I am. Who cares of I am taking a dump at Niagra Falls or having RADICAL anal sex with a stripper in Timbuktu. Truth of the matter is......its my business. No one elses. Here is the kicker and where the rubber meets the road. How about you,(Apple) TELL ME that I am being tracked and let me make the choice if I want to or not ? Dont shove your tracker up my *** and NOT tell me.

Again, "WE" are a movement. We get the right to do as we please and we should get the choice of side dishes with our meal.

Watch this you tube video and see the irony and the hypocrisy that exists in Apple as they got bigger and bigger and bigger AND where they stand now. I hope all this clarifys your question.

YouTube - 1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial

Rage Against The Machine. FTW