Your phone is spying on you
Your phone keeps all your secrets. Where you’ve been. What you’ve typed. Even which sketchy Wi-Fi you used in 2017. It’s got the memory of an elephant and the self-restraint of a toddler with a drum set.
Let’s just call your phone “Sir Veillance.”
Here’s a quick breakdown of the creepy stuff your phone is tracking, and what (if anything) you lose by turning it off.
1. A secret map. Your phone logs your every move like it’s writing your biography. Grocery store, dentist, Vegas strip club, all of it. Want to see it?
- iPhone: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Significant Locations
- Android: Google Maps > Your Timeline
✋ Turning it off gives you your privacy back. But say goodbye to “last parked location” and personalized suggestions.
2. GPS in your photos. Every selfie? Geotagged. Your beach vacation photos know exactly which beach.
- iPhone: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Camera > Never
- Android: Camera app > Settings > turn off “Location tags”
✋ Kill it, and your pics won’t show up on a map using your photo app anymore.
3. Wi-Fi from the dark ages. Your phone still remembers that Wi-Fi from that one airport layover in 2019.
- iPhone: Settings > Wi-Fi > Tap “i” > Forget This Network
- Android: Settings > Network > Saved Networks > Forget
✋ Scrub old networks for security’s sake. You’ll need to re-enter passwords if you ever use them again.
4. What other apps know. Apps can track what you do inside other apps and sell that data to who knows who.
- iPhone: Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking > Turn off “Allow Apps to Request to Track”
- Android: Settings > Privacy > Ads > Delete Advertising ID
✋ You’ll lose some personalized ads but gain a whole lot of digital boundaries.
5. Google’s tracking you. Google keeps a digital diary of your searches, clicks and cat video binges.
- Go to myactivity.google.com to clear your tracks.
✋ Turn off Web & App Activity, and you’ll lose that spooky-accurate auto-complete.
You’re not crazy. Your phone really is tracking you. But you don’t have to make it easy. Now, spread these insider secrets with your family and friends. The icons below make it easy peasy.
Tags: Android, Apple iPhone, GPS, settings, tracking, Wi-Fi
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