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* Only if you go to Privacy and Security -> Location Services -> Systems Services (at the bottom) -> turn off iPhone Analytics, Routing & Traffic, and Improve M
by judge2020 4y ago
* Only if you go to Privacy and Security -> Location Services -> Systems Services (at the bottom) -> turn off iPhone Analytics, Routing & Traffic, and Improve Maps. Apple's anonymization algorithm for these significant location services is probably better than Tesla's, but it can probably still be correlated to which house or neighborhood you start sending location from.
And that's just the built-in location data exfiltration. As soon as someone installs a top app that requests 'always' location access it's gone, eg. Life360 (100M+ downloads on Android, you can expect similar numbers on iOS), Google Maps, Snapchat.
Of course, this should all be in the purview that people tend to have an individualized risk tolerance for their location data. Some people are fine with contributing to traffic data by allowing Google Maps, Apple, and Tesla (if they have a Tesla)/their car manufacturer to track their location while moving, but would react harshly if TikTok asked for persistent access to their location data. Some people are even fine with Snapchat and Google asking them if they can log and associate location history with their account [0,1], assuming they trust them not to sell or leak that location data.
0: https://screenrant.com/snapchat-plus-ghost-trails-feature-explained/ https://screenrant.com/snapchat-plus-ghost-trails-feature-ex...
1: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979?hl=en https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979?hl=en