{"id":1964208,"date":"2023-07-04T19:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-your-phone-has-a-secret-map-that-shows-where-youve-been-but-heres-how-you-can-get-rid-of-it\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T19:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T23:54:32","slug":"alert-your-phone-has-a-secret-map-that-shows-where-youve-been-but-heres-how-you-can-get-rid-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-your-phone-has-a-secret-map-that-shows-where-youve-been-but-heres-how-you-can-get-rid-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Your phone secretly tracks your location history &#8211; Learn how to delete it."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falert-your-phone-has-a-secret-map-that-shows-where-youve-been-but-heres-how-you-can-get-rid-of-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Alert: Your Phone Has a Secret Map That Shows Where You&#8217;ve Been &#8211; But Here&#8217;s How You Can Get Rid of It<\/h2>\n<p>Consumer technology expert and radio host Kim Komando recently pointed out that Apple iPhones could be tracking their users\u2019 every move.<\/p>\n<p>The host identified the way in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zg-the-iphone-was-unveiled-16-years-ago-if-you-had-apple-stock-then-here-is-how-much-its-worth-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the phones<\/a> track the movements of those who carry them. She also offered a solution regarding how to put a stop to it.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-vespa-biden-is-a-weapons-grade-disaster\/\" title=\"Matt Vespa: Biden Is a Weapons Grade Disaster\">exclusive column<\/a> for the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-12216045\/Secret-map-phone-shows-youve-gone-disable-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, Komando offered a way for people to access what she called an \u201cinternal log\u201d setting that can be disabled with a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-requests-increase-to-its-budget-for-fy22-by-1-9b\/\" title=\"FEMA requests increase to its budget for FY22 by .9B\">simple steps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The setting is on by default, The Western Journal confirmed after a review of three such devices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYour iPhone has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comrade-de-blasio-were-going-to-have-sheriffs-deputies-go-to-the-home-or-hotel-of-every-single-traveler-coming-in-from-the-uk-video\/\" title=\"Comrade De Blasio: \u201cWe\u2019re going to Have Sheriff\u2019s Deputies go to the Home or Hotel of Every Single Traveler Coming in From the UK\u201d (VIDEO)\">keeping track<\/a> of everywhere you\u2019ve ever been, and you can view it in map form with a few clicks,\u201d Komando stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She further noted, \u201cIt can be quite a handy feature if you are forgetful. For example, your phone can automatically generate directions home or find your parked car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>iPhone users might have noticed, for example, that their device might suggest them a location when they head out the door.<\/p>\n<p>Others might have noticed they look at their map and it might designate their home as \u201chome\u201d or where their phone believes their vehicle is parked.<\/p>\n<p>This information is stored as the phones follow the habits of their owners over time.<\/p>\n<p>Komando said of what some might consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/invasion-privacy-bill-gun-buyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invasions of privacy<\/a>, \u201cThe tracking function is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/location-off-should-mean-location-off-lawsuit-hits-googles-alleged-data-collection-schemes\/\" title=\"\u2018Location Off Should Mean Location Off\u2019: Lawsuit Hits Google\u2019s Alleged \u2018Data Collection Schemes\u2019\">location services<\/a>, and a more in-depth thing called Significant Locations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>How to Find Out if Your iPhone is Tracking You<\/h3>\n<p>For those who might be curious as to whether they are being tracked by their phones, Komando offered a roadmap on how to find out.<\/p>\n<p>Users can find this data if they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open their iPhone\u2019s settings.<\/li>\n<li>Tap on Privacy &#038; Security.<\/li>\n<li>Select Location Services.<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down and tap System Services<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down to an option called Significant Locations and tap on it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At that point, iPhone users are prompted to use their password or their face ID to open the Significant Locations page.<\/p>\n<p>Significant Locations shows a map of places that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/apple-made-one-crippling-change-iphones-china-mass-protests-broke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the phone<\/a> has either visited or has been in close proximity to.<\/p>\n<p>Some locations that are logged might be a bit off for those who view them, but that is because the location is not always precise.<\/p>\n<p>For example, my iPhone tells me it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-your-phone-has-a-secret-map-that-shows-where-youve-been-but-heres-how-you-can-get-rid-of-it\/\" title=\"Warning: Your phone secretly tracks your location history - Learn how to delete it.\">collected 187 separate location records<\/a> on me throughout the last seven weeks. Some are near my usual stops, but others are off by as much as three city blocks.<\/p>\n<p>The device has been logging the locations of my home, where I buy coffee, where I exercise and even where I shop for groceries.<\/p>\n<p>The Significant Locations page has an option at the bottom to \u201cClear History,\u201d which deletes all previous locations the phone has saved.<\/p>\n<p>As Komando pointed out, iPhone users can stop their devices from collecting similar data in the future once the history is cleared.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Disable the Tracking Setting<\/h3>\n<p>In order to turn off the setting, users need to simply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Settings<\/li>\n<li>Tap on Privacy &#038; Security<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Location Services option<\/li>\n<li>Click on System Services<\/li>\n<li>Again select Significant Locations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the top of the Significant Locations page, there is a button that can be toggled to the left or to the right.<\/p>\n<p>If the button is toggled to the left, Significant Locations is disabled and prevents the device from again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-brother-credit-card-companies-begin-tracking-gun-ammo-purchases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking<\/a> locations without their owner\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n<p>It can be enabled again by following the same roadmap and toggling the button to the right.<\/p>\n<p>Komando noted, \u201cAccording to Apple, this feature exists so the phone can learn places that are significant to us and therefore be able to provide personalized services, like predictive traffic routing and improved Photos Memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple has said the locations logged on a phone can be viewed only by the owner of the device or someone who has their password.<\/p>\n<p>But having such information obtained by a third party can be prevented by simply disabling the setting altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-phone-secret-map-shows-can-get-rid\/\">Alert: Your Phone Has a Secret Map That Shows Where You&#8217;ve Been &#8211; But Here&#8217;s How You Can Get Rid of It<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer technology expert and radio host Kim Komando revealed that Apple iPhones have the capability to track users&#8217; every move. Komando highlighted the method used by these phones to monitor individuals&#8217; movements and provided a solution to halt this tracking. Her insights were shared in an exclusive column.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1964209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}