Did you know there are multiple features and apps on your smart phone that track your location data? This information to personalize your experience. In some instances you are capable of disabling this feature, and sometimes you don’t it’s just there.
This feature that stirred up a lot of commotion among tech fans who are concerned with privacy.
Apple says this data is well protected though, and it’s actually quite useful if you’re comfortable with it.
Want to see the places you visit most often – they are captured on your iPhone?
- Go to Settings >
- Privacy >
- Location Services >
- System Services >
- Frequent Locations
You’ll see everywhere you’ve been recently. You can easily disable the feature if it makes you uncomfortable.
Other apps that use your location data: camera apps (location is embedded in the metadata), web browsers, maps, weather alerts, Facebook, Tinder. Programs can use a function called geo-location to help identify when you are close to their facility, they will use this data to send messaging (to you or an employee). One day, in the near future, we will have “instant check-in”, once your phone crosses the threshold, the system will be notified that you have arrived.