As has been widely reported today, iPhones have been logging location and timestamps in a file that can easily be accessed on the computer the iPhone is backed up to. This doesn’t seem to pose a massive privacy/security issue since the data never appears to leave the user’s iPhone and the computer it is connected to, but it is understandably getting a lot of attention.

Personally, I’m quite pleased this data exists. I’ve been tracking my location with Google Latitude since it was made available with iOS 4 but this seems to provide an easier mechanism to visualise it. Take a look at my movements in the UK since August last year:

Turns out my exciting new Facebook profile picture got featured in the Norwegian newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad on Friday.

What a crazy world. Thanks to Annicka Lundin for letting me know. If anyone wants to send me a physical copy I’d be most grateful.

Initial reactions from playing around with the trial of Photoshop CS5 make the hype worthwhile. One of my many successes reproduced below. This is made from one very loose lasso selection and a press of one button.