How to stop mobile phone Apps from tracking your location?
1. Turn
off your location history
Some specific APPs or APKs such as GoogleMap or GoogleTimeline may have access on your location
data, history or even on your personal information. To protect your
privacy, turning your location history off on APPs will majorly help tackle
them from tracking your location and bring you major benefits to your device
such as keeping your data safe, improving performance. Besides, massive push
notifications from tracker APPS will be avoided and thus, secure your privacy
from being spying, or avoid you a fear of data stolen. If you want to turn your
location history off on your smartphone, please follow steps:
On Android system
By turning your location history off on your device, you can
keep your data safe anytime. Though the process is easy and different on
iOS or Android systems, it features straightforward functionalities, so
that you can individually control which APPs to stop from tracking your
location. Nevertheless, you won't be able to track your device after turning
your location history or location reporting off.
2. Delete your
location data
If you fully want to be a part of mobiletracker APPs and have a peaceful life, deleting your location data will
surely help you avoiding device issues, recording unnecessary data location, or
even breaching personal data for other use. Although it is a common process
operated by major APPs such as Google Timeline, it won't be able to track you
down after deleting the location history. On another hand, it will save your
battery, expand your memory from being installed on your device and thus, that
will allow to fully use it by being protected. To do so, please follow steps:
On Android system
Step 1. Log in Google account.
On iOS system
Unlike iPhones, Androidphones don’t allow you to restrict an app’s access to your
location. When you remove a location from your Apple Maps history, it
permanently deletes the destination from your list. If you have more than one
device signed in on your Apple ID for example, it will also delete the search
history from those devices. However, some key information's may remain while
you are deleting all your location history, Web and Activity, causing
dysfunctionalities or issues on your Google APP for example.
3. Turn off WiFi
If you are not using your Wi-Fi, or if you
don't need to use it, disabling it may be wise if you are concerned
about your security or privacy. Indeed, disabling Wi-Fi allow users to control
their device. There are many applications and services that depend on your
location using router or
wireless network. By simply turning it off, you will not only protect your
device from massive or intrusive APPs from tracking your location, but you will
also restrict access to them.
4. Adjust your
Google Settings
Adjusting your Google settings will help you to stopcollecting data from Google and being tracking from your location. By visiting
your Google Account Settings, you can control what information or feature you
share and tweak. Restricting access to Google will ensure you a full privacy.
You can either delete your past searches or change settings easily such as
location history or Web and APP activity. However, if you don’t adjust it, you
may not be able to stop Google from tracking your location. Convenient and
easy, adjusting your Google Settings will therefore bring you major benefits
and prevent your device from sharing data about your location.
5. Read
the privacy disclosures
If you get rid of APPs and want to definitely stop them,
read the privacy disclosures. Mobile tracker APPS include a privacy policy that
is easily accessible to people before downloading. Google Timeline for example
include a privacy disclosure. By reading it, you “Agree” to the terms of use,
policies or eventual updates related to your location history. Among other
things, by reading a clear privacy policy agreement, it will tell you tell you
when, how and why you are recording location data. To protect efficiently
your privacy and stop APPs from tracking your location, make sure you are not
agreeing to something you are uncomfortable with.
6. Take protective
measures
If you experience massive tracker APPS spying you on yourdevice and if you are concerned about your safety or privacy, taking preventive
measures will tackle those issues. Indeed, this can result by using a VPN
so-called Virtual Private Network. Google will see one of your IP addresses but
won’t be able to identify or track you down as user due to your hidden IP
address. Therefore, you will be invisible and free to surf on Internet from
home, etc.
The bottom
To conclude, location history can provide useful
information to users, but some APPs such as Google Timeline may track and
record your location. Although iOS and Android systems differ in term of
process, there are different options available to tackle all those issues.
First, turning your location history off will stop them from tracking your
location. Secondly, deleting all your location history will clear cache of your
location history, Web Activity, so that APPs won't access to your privacy anymore.
However, some key information's may remain while you are deleting. Thirdly, if
you are concerned about your privacy or security, turning your Wi-Fi off. It
will revoke APPs permission and stop them from tracking your location.
Fourthly, make sure you read carefully "Privacy Agreement" before
downloading the APP and adjust your Google privacy settings. Finally, if you
still experience massive APPs from tracking your location, taking preventive
measures in case of stolen data for example. A VPN or a browser extension will
restrict access to those APPs.
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