How to prevent your smartphone to track your route

Good day, Layfhaker! The new 13th edition minizhurnala from gadgets.masterkit.ru we offer you a "get away into the shadows", to abandon constant geolocation on your smartphone.

Knowledge of the location - a good thing! In fact, some people think that this is one of the best features in smartphones. But if you do not like it when someone from the family follows all your movements, or you are concerned that may occur in the event of phone theft or loss, simple tips will help to free your favorite gadget from this information.

"Big Brother" is watching you!

Smart phone, tracking location, allows us to solve many useful tasks: to carry out the road navigation, update the weather forecast, and even show the road traffic in real-time. However, if you do not want Google and Apple's, had information about the places where you spend time, not to mention thieves, that can take hold of your phone and get this information, the smartphone location tracking can be disable.

Although the location tracking and has many positive aspects, but Google and Apple, collect the data without informing you of this, and they are stored in your phone (and in the case of Apple, the computer). Any person having the right knowledge and tools can easily find out where you've been with your phone for a considerable period of time, so if you are worried about this, you can turn off these features. Here's how it's done.

Disabling your location cache in Android

The Android is quite simple

Fortunately, Android positioning is optional. You can enable it when you first set up your phone, and can not be included. To disable the function, follow the menu "Settings» (Settings)> «Location & security» (Location and Security) and deselect "Use wireless networks". This will slow down some applications in the determination of the current location, and the map will not be as accurate, but Google will not collect and store data about your routes. These data also will no longer be stored in your phone.

If you also want to make room in the cache the phone, you must obtain root-access to your device. Then, after you install the free app Location Cache, You can view a map of your route, as well as clear information on this phone and disable caching.

Disable location tracking IOS

The situation is slightly more complicated IOS

In IOS the situation is slightly more complicated. Disable location services will stop sending data back to Apple, but the cache location on your phone will still be continue, so that everyone who has access to your computer or phone will be able to see where you've been (subsequently IOS synchronizes this information back to iTunes).
The only way anything to do with it - to carry out the so-called jailbreak - open the software full access to the device's file system and install Untrackerd-applicationWhich will clear space in the cache and prevent the entry of your location in the future. This application will not even correspond to any icon on the Home screen, just set it and forget it.

It is important to be aware ofThat rutirovanie jailbreak and not officially supported by the manufacturers, and therefore exercising them, you will lose the right to warranty your gadget in the event of the issues.
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