Disabling location services can enhance your privacy or extend battery life, but it can make your phone less convenient. You can turn location services on or off from the Settings app on an iPhone or ...

In an age when privacy concerns are at the forefront of technological discussions, many smartphone users believe that turning off their location services ensures their movements remain private.

Facebook Places and other services that let you post your current location may share info with third parties who can track you in the real world. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

To prevent Microsoft and other apps from tracking your whereabouts, you can turn off location tracking on your Windows 11 PC. You can do this for all services or specific ones, and I’ll show you how.

Sometimes it feels real freaky to open your Maps app and see a list of the latest locations you've been at. You don't want that falling into the wrong hands. It's even freakier to think about the ...

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Ever text a picture to an acquaintance or someone you just met? Depending on your phone and camera’s settings, you may have inadvertently sent over where you live, too. This is what someone can see ...

To manage the “Your Location Is Currently in Use” message on Windows, you can disable location services entirely or control access for individual apps via ...

Keeping your iPhone as private and secure as possible is more important than ever, especially with so many apps requesting access to your location, contacts, and other personal data. While most of us ...

The iPhone's location services, typically handled through the "Find My" app, are useful in a number of ways. They can help you figure out where to go on a long road trip, assist in meeting up with ...

Location tracking may seem harmless but it can be an invasion of your privacy. Here's what you need to know to take back control of when your location information is available to third party apps. An ...

When you first sign in to a new iPhone it's quite possible you enabled location services and your phone has been tracking you ever since. And for the most part that might be absolutely fine, but what ...