Given that Franken’s opponents like to sling around the word “Big Brother” (without really understanding the term), I think that this isn’t really a bad move. The issue with this is that each iPhone has relatively lightly protected information about a person’s location and past movements, the kind of thing that a Big Brother-type organization would want access to. Oh yeah, let’s not forget that stalkers, robbers, and countless other criminals would also love to be able to learn a given person’s every move, too.
Take maybe an hour to type out a letter (or, rather, have an intern do so) and send it to Apple to let them know that people are looking at this. Not all that difficult a thing to do, but with a potentially helpful return.

OK, so we just ignore the problem? How many politicians on the other side of the aisle spent a great deal of time and energy defunding Planned Parenthood like it was the end all solution to our budget problems? People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

@ Al is iFunny
Did you just need something to cry about today or are you that dumb?
“The letter was one of the first major actions Franken took as chairman of the newly formed Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law.”
This is right in the story, which means that this is his job as he 1s again is chairman of this subcommittee.
Do you people read the story or start b!tching before hand?

You do have that right, exercise it and don’t buy their product.