As far as "without consent", one can as well go to Settings>Location and see all the apps which access your location.
Also a point to note is the device these are on (iPhones and iPads) is making them accessible to these, so saying "without consent" seems like the wrong word. The device will have that information by default and nature of it being the middle layer.
Why Apple is putting it in an unencrypted format is a different story altogether.
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As far as "without consent", one can as well go to Settings>Location and see all the apps which access your location.
Also a point to note is the device these are on (iPhones and iPads) is making them accessible to these, so saying "without consent" seems like the wrong word. The device will have that information by default and nature of it being the middle layer.
Why Apple is putting it in an unencrypted format is a different story altogether.