The secret map on your phone that shows you everywhere you’ve been, and tips on how to remove it
For years now, you might have been called a conspiracy theorist for claiming that your cell phone is watching you, but not anymore.
Your iPhone keeps track of the places you’ve been, and you’ll see them in map form with just a few clicks.
It will be quite a useful feature if you are forgetful. For example, your phone can regularly generate directions for where you live or detect your parked car.
So it makes sense for your phone to keep an internal log of your location. But if this is one thing you don’t like, read on.
Your iPhone keeps track of the places you’ve been
The monitoring feature is part of location companies and an additional in-depth feature known as significant locations
The monitoring feature is part of location companies and an additional in-depth feature known as significant locations.
Want tips on how to open and disable it if you want? Below are the steps.
● Open your iPhone’s settings.
● Tap Privacy & Security.
● Select Location Services.
● Scroll down and open System Services.
● Scroll until you see the important locations and empty it.
After entering the password or opening the phone with FaceID, you will see a list of visited areas.
Some might look a little odd to you, but that’s because the placement isn’t always exact.
Tap on a location and a web page opens with additional information, as well as a map showing where it thinks you’ve been. It would make you shut down sometime, even if it didn’t serve you well.
It may be possible to erase your historical past from the required areas. Here’s how to do it:
● Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Companies > System Companies and the Significant Areas faucet.
● Tap Clear History. This move will clear all the necessary areas on all the gadgets you’re signed into with the identical Apple ID.
If you don’t need your iPhone to track your location, you may be able to remove the significant locations. Here’s how to do it:
● Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Companies > System Companies and the Significant Areas faucet.
● To disable the setting, drag the changes made by the location of the key to the left.
If you’ve been using Google Maps for years, chances are there’s a staggering amount of data on the market about where you’ve been. To view:
● Once you’re signed in, click on your profile picture and choose Manage your Google Account. Or go to your Google Account webpage right here.
● On the left, click Data & Privacy.
● Under History Settings, click Location History.
● Click Manage History at the bottom.
You’ll see a map with data equivalent to your saved residences, workplaces, and travels. You can search by year or selected day in the Timeline field in the upper left corner.
It may be possible to erase your historical past from the required areas
To make it fun, pick a date several years in the past. If the trip is registered, you will see a blue bar. Click on a day to see where you’ve been, right down to the time and mileage.
You may have enjoyed a walk down memory lane. Or maybe it gave you the creeps. You can change your settings to prevent Google from tracking all your trips.
● Go to your Google account web page again.
● On the left, click Data & Privacy.
● Under History Settings, select Location History. Click Disable.
According to Apple, the feature exists to teach the phone the locations we might need, and thus offer personalized businesses equivalent to predictive website visitor routing and advanced photo memories.
This looks like an invasion of privacy and can cause real problems. If the phone is tracking our location, who else knows?
According to Apple, none. It says that the information transferred between your cloud-connected gadgets is encrypted. Unless someone steals your phone and password, they won’t do anything to enter it.
