Senator Al Franken* wants to know what the deal is.

I don't think this sort of thing surprises any of us when it's discovered, and that makes me kind of sad. I expect phones to have these sorts of features, but it's very "Apple" of Apple to bake this tracking "feature" in with no prominent mention of it or explanation of its purpose and no way to turn it off.

I'm interested to hear back about what they're doing with the info.

* I still get a kick out of that.