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There's a dedicated "Privacy" setting in the Settings app. You could disable everything from there, including some Location Services, even the ones used for sys
by Watabou 11y ago
There's a dedicated "Privacy" setting in the Settings app. You could disable everything from there, including some Location Services, even the ones used for system services like Cell Network Search and setting the time zone.
Additionally, you can turn off Siri completely under Siri settings. You can also turn off Siri and Bing/Spotlight suggestions under Spotlight settings. iCloud could also be turned off.
That said, by turning the above features off, why are you using a smartphone in the first place?
Apple has been making great strides in user privacy lately, and I think they genuinely care about our privacy, what with them encrypting everything and not having the keys to decrypt it themselves (so they say).
I choose to trust my privacy with Apple. They've given me no reason to doubt them, yet.
- teamhappy 11y ago> That said, by turning the above features off, why are you using a smartphone in the first place? Disabling some of the location services, spotlight suggestions, and all that nonsense doesn't really reduce the functionality of the phone.
- Silhouette 11y agoThat said, by turning the above features off, why are you using a smartphone in the first place? Cheap shot but surprisingly close answer: Because I couldn't find a feature phone with decent build quality any more. Slightly less cheap shot and still remarkably accurate answer: Because almost all I want in a smartphone is the phone itself plus mobile Web access on a usefully large screen. My interest in mobile devices really has very little to do with apps, even less to do with cloud services, and absolutely nothing to do with "digital assistants".
- freehunter 11y agoOddly enough, I feel the opposite. I can't find a smartphone with decent build quality anymore. The iPhone 5s was the last phone where I thought it both looked and felt good, but it's still so damn fragile. The Lumia 920 was the last device where I felt it was strong enough to withstand a normal level of use without treating it like an expensive hunk of glass and metal. Big screen, I can understand. But build quality... for $700 you can do a lot better in an expensive feature phone than a cheap iPhone.