Apps
and many other services keep tracking all your move and this serious privacy
issue. And it also more battery than ideal situation. So ,if you don’t want
services to track you, disable location tracking on your devices.
When
you're using a map app to find your way around, or if you want to check in to a
location on Facebook to tell your friends where you have been; then location
tracking is useful and seems benign.
Google
You may not know it but Google tracks
your location history unless you disable it yourself. It gathers this data from
your usage of Google Maps. You can disable this, and even manually delete
certain places from your location history. Here's how.
1.
Go to this Google settings page.
2.
Click the Pause button in the "Places you've been" tile on the right.
To delete individual entries from location history, click Manage history.
3.
You can pick any date from the calendar on the left > click Delete all
history from this day. If you don't want any of your location history tracked,
just click Delete all history.
Android
Turning off location settings on your Android phone is pretty easy, but it can
affect the functioning of some useful services. Google Now for example relies
on location data to provide you information you need without you even searching
for it. If you still feel that you'd rather not report your location to Google,
follow these steps.
1.
Open Settings > scroll down to Location > Google Location Settings.
2.
Now tap Location reporting > Off.
3.
Go back, tap Location history > Off. You may also want to tap the
"Delete location history"
button below.
iOS
Several apps and
system services use your location on iOS to provide features such as apps
popular in your locality and even to serve advertisements based on the place
you are in. Here's how to disable all of that.
1.
Open Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
2.
The first option is to turn Location Services on or off. You can turn it off to
disable tracking entirely, but that will mean that you will have to do several
things, such as search for weather data, manually.
3.
Scroll down to see which apps have access to location data. You can decide
which apps don't need it and turn it off for that app. If you have Find My
iPhone/ iPad enabled, we suggest you don't disable location tracking for that
because it may help you locate your device if you lose it.
4.
Scroll down to the bottom and tap System Services. Here you can disable all
options except Cell Network Search to stop tracking. Tap Frequent Locations and
turn that off too.
Windows 8
Disabling location tracking on Windows 8 is quite
simple. This is how you do it.
1.
Hit Windows key+C > click Search > type PC Settings in the search bar
> click PC Settings.
2.
Go to Privacy > Location > Let Windows and apps use my location > Off.
BlackBerry 10
The BB10 operating
system makes it easy to prevent tracking. Just follow these steps.
1.
Open Settings > scroll down to Location Services > turn off Traffic Data
Collection and Location-based adverts. You may turn off Location Services
entirely in the same place.
2.
If you just want to disable location access by specific apps, go to Settings
> App Manager > tap "Go to the Application Permissions screen to
change permissions for individual apps".
3.
Now tap Permissions > select Location > tap any app that you want to cut
off from using your location > Off.
That
should have helped you disable location tracking on any device. If there's any
other way to disable location tracking that you prefer, let us know with a
comment.
Web Browsers
If you use a desktop
or laptop to browse the Internet, you can disable location sharing in your Web
browsers. Note that websites may still be able to identify your location using
your IP address, but they will find it much harder to zero in on the place
you're browsing from. Here's how you can disable it.
Google Chrome
1. Click the Google Chrome Menu
icon (three horizontal lines) > Settings.
2.
Now scroll down and then click on Show advanced settings >
Content
Settings 3. In the pop-up, scroll down to the Location section > Do not
allow any site to track your physical location.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Type about:config in the address bar > hit Enter > click I'll be
careful, I promise.
2.
Search for geo.enabled and double-click it to change its value from 'true' to
'false'. This will disable location sharing.
Opera
1. Click the Opera button
on the top-left > Settings. Alternatively, you may use the Alt+P keyboard
shortcut.
2.
Click Websites on the left sidebar > scroll down to Location > select Do
not allow any site to track my physical location.
Safari
1. Open Safari >
Preferences > Privacy.
2.
Click Deny without prompting.
Internet Explorer
1. Go to Tools > Internet Options, or use Alt+X.
2.
Click Privacy > check Never allow websites to use your physical location.
Windows Phone
There isn't one place where you can easily disable specific background tracking
without disabling location services entirely in Windows Phone. Here's what
you can do if you don't want to turn off location services.
1.
Head to Settings > swipe right to Applications.
2.
Manually open each app here and disable location wherever it is an option.
3.
Swipe left (back to System) > WiFi > Advanced > uncheck Send
information about WiFi connections to help discover nearby WiFi.
4.
Head back to System > Feedback > Off. You can also go to Settings >
Find My Phone > Off but that is a useful anti-theft feature that you may not
want to turn off.
For a more thorough option, open Settings > Location >
Off.
That should have helped you disable location
tracking on any device. If there's any other way to disable location tracking
that you prefer, let us know with a comment. As always, our How to sectionwill help you find more useful articles.
source:-gadgets.ndtv.com
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