How to block your phone from tracking your location
On iPhones, go to the Privacy setting then scroll down to Apple Advertising, and then switch off Personalized Ads. On newer ...
How to disable location sharing on your iPhone
To stop sharing your location entirely across all apps, toggle Location Services off. Confirm your choice by tapping Turn Off ...
NSA Warns Smartphone Users—Disable Location Tracking
Updated on January 16 with a new report into smartphone privacy tracking and a more detailed explanation of the advertising ID that NSA warns users to disable. This follows the leak of sensitive ...
TECHNOBABBLE: Your real-time location is for sale
When I started carrying around mobile phones 20 years ago I didn’t think much of it. Those were the days of printing out MapQuest directions and getting lost whenever I went somewhere new ...
Location Managers Help L.A. Fire Victims Who’ve Lost Their Homes While ‘Locationland’ Series Documents What’s Been Saved
Locationland, a new digital series, is documenting the losses to film and TV history as well as what has been saved for ...
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Massive location data hack exposed 30M records – here’s how to protect yourself
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. I’ve been an iPhone user for a long time, and I’m very mindful of who I share my ...