Two days ago, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden revealed that iPhones have been recording detailed locational data for almost a year. Lest you think you're safe because you don't have an iPhone, there's now talk that Android phones store locational data as well.
Not only is this information stored on my phone, it's backed up to my Mac, giving anyone who has access to my computer access to everywhere I've been since June 16, 2010.
How do I know this? Because I downloaded iPhoneTracker, an application that accesses the file on my Mac and, conveniently, allows me to view my location on a map by week.
What does this mean? Why is Apple storing this information? I can't wait to hear.
Here are some of the plots of my location data taken from the iPhoneTracker application.
Wide area view: 
Regional view:
Street-level view:
It always feels like somebody's watching me!
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