NYPD Flyer Urges Consumers Upload Apple's iOS 7

Apple's new operating system for its iPhones and iPads has some privacy advocates anxious. The iOS 7 system includes a fingerprint identification tool which would allow you-know-who to rather easily establish identity, a phone number, and Internet information. Once you check the box that says "I have read and agree...," you're one step closer to total identity nudity.

The iOS 7 also contains an "Activation Lock" feature which offers much stronger security in the event of theft or loss. Law enforcement has even gotten into the promotion game, with the New York Police Department handing out flyers touting the Activation Lock's and operating system's benefits, according to a post in zerohedge.com.

Specifically, the NYPD, along with the Empire State's attorney general, have touted the advanced security the "Activation Lock" offers consumers. Unfortunately, they have not invented a way to halt shameless data mining (thank you, location devices) of phone users' preferences as they walk along city streets. That's theft of a different sort, and a privacy loophole far more lucrative than a purloined cell phone could hope to provide.