04-21-2011, 15:49
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Is your iPhone tracking you???
I heard this on the radio on my drive home.
Have you heard the news? Two researchers have discovered that the iPhone keeps a minute-by-minute, time-stamped log of everywhere you go. That’s right: Your phone is tracking you. So is the cellular version of the iPad.
LINK HERE
I goggled this and found a lot more interesting facts. Glad I'm a Droid user. Yeah it's us too.
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04-21-2011, 16:45
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Go to Settings--->General--->Location Services
And turn it off. 
Stay safe.
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04-21-2011, 18:34
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From what I understand, It uses triangulation from cell towers rather than a GPS chip. It only give a general vicinity rather than a specific address...
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04-22-2011, 08:07
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mpower
Sir,
Will this disable the phone from acting as a real-time navigation tool/GPS?
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A have an iPhone 4 and just did what was suggested by Guy and my GPS no longer logs on so the answer is "yes" to your question.
It disabled Facebook, Police Scanner, Weather Channel, Fandango, and a few other location finding devices including the compass.
I do not sync my phone. I plug it in to my computer to charge it but do not allow it to sync. I also do not use it for music. The last time I used iTunes it took my computer based music library of over 700 songs, some actually downloaded from CDs, and re-licensed everything making my music library useless. iTunes tech support had the balls to tell me I should have bought my music.
Anyway, I lead a boring life and have nothing to hide.
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04-22-2011, 10:00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveMatteson
A have an iPhone 4 and just did what was suggested by Guy and my GPS no longer logs on so the answer is "yes" to your question.
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Under "Location Services" you have the option to shut off all services at the top, or can scroll down and individually enable/disable individual apps. So if you would like to use GPS for Mapquest but don't want Facebook tracking you, you can enable one and disable the other (in theory).
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Originally Posted by Guy
Learn how to use a map & compass...I've out-ran a GPS and that shit was scary. The only we made it back was terrain association.
Once you depend on a "all-in-one" tool and that SOB goes down, you've lost every other tool that was inclusive. |
I use my iPhone to help track my workouts (MapMyRun app and formerly Nike+ app), but have also found GPS tracking to be useless in many situations as I've outrun them on cloudy days or over certain terrain. And I'm not exactly a speed demon. Anymore I map out my run prior, to include mileage, and use the iPhone solely for music purposes or ... go figure ... as a phone.
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04-22-2011, 11:33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Masochist
Under "Location Services" you have the option to shut off all services at the top, or can scroll down and individually enable/disable individual apps. So if you would like to use GPS for Mapquest but don't want Facebook tracking you, you can enable one and disable the other (in theory).
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I have had some issues with my phone. I went back and checked it again and did not notice any other icons in Location Services UNTIL I did a hard reboot. It set my phone back and restarted it. When I checked Loacation Services again the individual buttons were there. This was a late Fathers Day gift from my older daughter and was one of the first i 4s delivered. Looks like another trip to iStore...Thanks!
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04-22-2011, 11:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveMatteson
I have had some issues with my phone. I went back and checked it again and did not notice any other icons in Location Services UNTIL I did a hard reboot. It set my phone back and restarted it. When I checked Loacation Services again the individual buttons were there. This was a late Fathers Day gift from my older daughter and was one of the first i 4s delivered. Looks like another trip to iStore...Thanks!
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Bet a case of beer??
With the next release of the Iphony software,, you will never see that file again..
No, really,, you will not be able to find it..
Like it never really happened..
Steve Jobs will guarantee you can't find it...
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04-22-2011, 08:38
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mpower
Sir,
Will this disable the phone from acting as a real-time navigation tool/GPS?
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Learn how to use a map & compass...I've out-ran a GPS and that shit was scary. The only we made it back was terrain association.
Once you depend on a "all-in-one" tool and that SOB goes down, you've lost every other tool that was inclusive.
Stay safe.
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