Summary: New examples of proprietary traps inside shiny toys

● Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users' precise locations

Apple Inc. is now collecting the "precise," "real-time geographic location" of its users' iPhones, iPads and computers.

In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified "partners and licensees" may collect and store user location data.

● Apple leaves iPad vulnerable after monster iPhone patch job

As part of Monday's iOS 4 upgrade, Apple patched a record 65 vulnerabilities in the iPhone, more than half of them critical.