![]() ![]() If you’re using a phone and have a cellular connection, there’s no way to avoid this.Ĭellular carriers have been found selling this location data to shady third-party companies, but have promised to stop. This works through triangulation-by measuring the relative signal strengths of your phone to three different cellular towers, your carrier can have a pretty good idea of where your phone is relative to all through towers. Your cellular carrier can determine your rough location. RELATED: Why iPhone and iPad Apps Are Asking to Use Bluetooth Cell Towers You can check which apps already have access to your phone’s Bluetooth radio by heading to Settings > Privacy > Bluetooth. You can also do more by clicking on the exclamation mark on the green dot. The green dot that appears on the map is where your iPhone is located. Apple calls it 'Find My iPhone,' while Google calls its tool 'Find My Device.' Advertisement. Think carefully before giving Bluetooth access to apps that request it, as those apps could use it for tracking your phone’s location when you’re near such beacons. Click to open Find My iPhone, which is a green radar icon. You can generally track a phone by IP address if you know it, but its hard to track an IP address to an exact location without information from an internet service provider, which will generally be given only to law enforcement or with a court order. For example, they could be used to track the movements of shoppers in a shopping mall, gathering a lot of data that for targeting advertisements. Nearby Bluetooth beacons can also be used for tracking you as you move around. RELATED: How to See Exactly Where a Photo Was Taken (and Keep Your Location Private) Bluetooth Tracking Beacons From the Photos app, tap the Share button, tap “Options” at the top of the sharing screen, and disable the “Location” option. You can also just remove location data while sharing a photo. From the All-Devices drop down menu in the new screen that shows up, select your lost, stolen or missing iPhone or iPad. Look for a ‘Find my iPhone’ icon which is placed somewhere on the dashboard. You can stop the iPhone’s Camera from saving location information in the photos you take. Log in with your iCloud credentials, the iCloud dashboard will show up on the display. ![]()
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