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You can disable the location tracking on your phone. I would try that before you return it. You can forbid Google from collecting location data and still be abl
by delluminatus 12y ago
You can disable the location tracking on your phone. I would try that before you return it. You can forbid Google from collecting location data and still be able to use location functionality on the phone (like for navigation).
- pmorici 12y agoI didn't particularly care for it anyways and it was a try it for 30-days deal so. I've used Google maps on my iPhone but I guess since I never signed it it didn't record the locations. I realize that the phone company can to some extent track your location as well based on the cell tower but that isn't quite as accurate or convenient as the GPS data.
- nl 12y agoSorry, but your threat modelling is all wrong here. the phone company can to some extent track your location as well based on the cell tower The phone companies sell this data[1], and it can be obtained in civil court cases[2] and it is usually pretty accurate[3]. convenient as the GPS data Convenient for whom? You can't ever see it, but the network operator and its clients can see it very easily. Contrast that to Google Location Services, where you have an interface to remove parts of your history and/or you can turn it off completely. Plus it is used to give you useful stuff like Google Now travel time notifications for places you regularly travel to. [1] eg: http://www.mobilephonelocate.com/cell-phone-tracking.html http://www.mobilephonelocate.com/cell-phone-tracking.html [2] http://www.iiiweb.net/forensic-services/cell-phone-tower-triangulation/ http://www.iiiweb.net/forensic-services/cell-phone-tower-tri... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking#Network-based http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking#Network-b...