Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
I saw a story on the news about a week ago about Google and location tracking. Not sure if this applies to an Apple product but I bet it does...
The reporter used 2 phones with one in airplane mode. He then went and visited quite a few locations (I think in the DC area). His phones tracked every move he made and every where he went with GPS data and sent it to Google. The only significant difference was the phone in airplane mode waited until it was out of airplane mode to send the data to Google. This is all transparent to the end user........you and me.
Denny
Of course your phone is tracking you, how else do you think google maps knows to show you all the local Irish pubs on your overnights.
Ya, I think it's safe to assume that you can be tracked pretty much anywhere with your phone/other electronic devices (cameras in cities). Also, your phone microphone and Alexa are eavesdropping machines. Someone could very well be watching you via your computers camera right now. How does google maps know the status of the traffic, everywhere at all times? It's amazing to me that there are still people out there that seem shocked when they find out that data is being collected off their phones every day.
If you're an iPhone user go to settings - privacy - locations services - system services - frequent locations.