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		amalcon on June 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users' precise lo... This strikes me as a sketchy use of "opt-out": why would anyone actually want this? They're clearly hoping that most people either don't find out, or are too lazy to bother.

benologist on June 22, 2010 [–]

That's the whole point of opt out ... do something until someone really doesn't want it and then make them search to find out how to stop it.

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