{"id":17991,"date":"2022-08-26T06:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T06:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=17991"},"modified":"2022-08-26T06:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T06:02:31","slug":"is-iphone-allowing-criminals-stalkers-to-use-your-exact-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=17991&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Is iPhone allowing criminals, stalkers to use your exact location?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok do indeed collect user data and keep track of people\u2019s locations,\u00a0<em>CNET<\/em>\u00a0reported, but that does not mean that criminals and stalkers can access a user\u2019s precise location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A post, that has gone viral on social media, has cautioned users that a recent update in Apple\u2019s operating system \u2014 iOS \u2014has allowed criminals to access users\u2019 direct information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s just a rumour, and it\u2019s not how precise location works,\u201d said the\u00a0<em>CNET<\/em>\u00a0report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although users grant microphone, contacts, photos, camera, and location access to several applications, they can now ensure how much of their location they want to share with an application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the release of iOS 14 in 2020, Apple changed how users could manage their location information. Instead of allowing apps to see your exact coordinates, you can now turn off precise location tracking so that apps instead only get to know approximately where you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, here\u2019s how you can turn off your precise location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your iOS is updated to 14, then head on over to the \u201cSettings\u201d app and navigate your way to an app that you prefer does not access your precise location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have selected the application, click on \u201cLocation\u201d. Over there, you will see either \u201cAsk Next Time or When I Share\u201d, or \u201cWhile Using the App\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below these three, there\u2019s another option \u2014 \u201cPrecise Location\u201d. Toggle off the option if you want to stop sharing your exact location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile most applications don\u2019t need your exact location, be warned that if you turn off this feature for apps that need your exact location to work \u2014 such as Uber, Google Maps or Doordash \u2014 you might have some problems with those services,\u201d the report warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok do indeed collect user data and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,71,101],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-important-news","8":"category-latest-news","9":"category-science-and-technology","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17996,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991\/revisions\/17996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}