Where is consolidated.db located on iphone

A screenshot of my iPhone Tracker heat map is posted at the top of the story. Here's one of the duo's demo videos :. It's amazing that this file is just sitting, unencrypted on your hard drive and available to anyone with access to your Mac or its backups. What makes it even more nefarious is that this file stores almost a year's worth of data dating back to whenever you installed iOS 4, which was released on June 21, And the data file is almost impossible to delete and it persist across device upgrades and backups and restores.

Nor is there evidence to suggest this data is leaving your custody. But why this data is stored and how Apple intends to use it — or not — are important questions that need to be explored. Protect yourself by encrypting your backups through iTunes click on your device within iTunes and then check "Encrypt iPhone Backup" under the "Options" area. Apple needs to respond to the concerns brought up by researchers about consolidated.

It should start by pushing out a maintenance release that, at minimum, encrypts and hides the file. Update: Andy Ihnatko reinforces my Don't Panic advice:. Update 2: The forensic community has known about the consolidated. Alex Levinson notes that he's provided data from pre-iOS 4 iPhones to law-enforcement:.

Views Read View source View history. This page was last modified on 22 January , at This page has been accessed 13, times. Content is available under Creative Commons 0. Similarly, some users noticed that when they turned off Location Services, the iPhone would continue to update the file in question. This, Apple also admitted, is a bug they intend to fix with an upcoming iOS update. All in all, Apple's response to the location tracking controversy was timely, informative, and should serve as an example of why folks shouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions about big ole' evil Apple trying to monitor all of our movements.

The truth, as is often the case, is much more benign. You can check out Apple's full press release on the matter here. Yoni Heisler is a technology writer and Mac nerd who's been using Apple products for well over 21 years. He actively covers a wide variety of Apple topics, from legal news and rumors to current events and even Apple related comedy and history. Here are the latest Insider stories.

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