Apple officially responded to the location tracking controversy that has plagued the Cupertino company. The sordid affair blew up when a pair of researchers published a report that revealed Apple was storing months worth of location data on the iPhone and 3G iPad. This information was originally discovered last year and flew under the radar until the iPhone Tracker app let users see the stored location data.
This data was moved from the phone to the user's computer when the iOS device was synced via iTunes. The iPhone Tracker app grabbed the data from the user's computer and displayed it in a map that was an eye-opener for most people.
This revelation spurned an angry letter from Congressman Al Franken and
