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My Significant Locations list has always been set to off and I usually advise privacy concious people to switch it off. With a new iPhone it's always a good ide
by Defcon6 8y ago
My Significant Locations list has always been set to off and I usually advise privacy concious people to switch it off. With a new iPhone it's always a good idea to go through all the settings and make sure it's all setup the way you like it.
- Nextgrid 8y agoThe main problem nowadays is that defaults are unsafe. You have to explicitly go through all the settings and make sure there's nothing nefarious going on.
- dwighttk 8y agoIf you believe this is nefarious... Why would you think turning it off was going to help?
- simonh 8y agoAnd to show that isn't just paranoia: "When you turn off “location history” Google still tracks your location when you use several of its key services including Maps, search and the weather. Here’s how to really turn all of it off..."[0] [0]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/14/how-to-turn-off-google-location-tracking https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/14/how-to-tu...
- zepto 8y agoThe operative word being ‘Google’.
- threeseed 8y agoHow come you and the OP have nearly identical profile descriptions. Very unusual.
- gruez 8y agoMaybe it’s the template keybase uses to verify ownership of your hn account?