How To Stop Your Smartphone From Being Tracked By Your Location !Its been sensed all over the world that your each and every move or location is being tracked by your smartphone. Both Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android have been targeted with a number of class law suits by the users claiming that their OS Geolocation data storage has been in contravension with user’s privacy as stated in the TOS. The option of ‘Location tracking’ that is present in the smartphones is totally a unique feature where in it provides information about live traffic updates, weather forecast, navigation, driving and many more but suffers few concerns too.

The concerns of iPhone and Android information logs are unique in each device. Both Apple and Android collect information anonymously but the concern about the iPhone logs is that they never lose their validity and continue to pile up all the time in the computer, whenever an iPhone is connected to it. As far as Android is concerned the logs do get expired or deleted on the phone but the information is sent back to Google before such deletion or expiry. The presence of right tools enables to find out where you have been with your phone for a fairly large period of time. To all the users who are little annoyed over this, can turn off this feature as stated below-

Disable location Caching on Android - These devices are provided with an opt-in feature for tracking one’s location. This option may or may not enabled and one can decide it when one’s phone is being set up for use. If one wants to disable the tracking then Go to Settings menu>>> location and security>>> uncheck use wireless networks. With this, Google would not be in a position to either collect the information about one’s location or it stores the same in the phone but the app of Maps helps it to grab the info but it cannot be rendered accurate. However if one wants to erase all the previously stored cached locations then rooting of the device must be done(that means one can run more apps like backup,tethering, a flash custom’s ROM etc.,) After installing the free ‘cache location app‘,one can get a view of a map filled with tracked locations, clear them finally be disabling the cache with one tap.

 

Disable location tracking on iOS-In the incase of iphones the situation is bit more rarified. By turning off location services, it stops sending the info back to Apple but all such info will be stored on your phone so once any person who gets accessed to one’s computer, will definetly know your wherabouts because, iOS syncs all that info back to the iTunes. The best way that is possible to the user to get out of it is to jailbreak your device and install the previously mentioned untracked app. This app is considered to be very simple and easy to operate, just install and forget it. It enables to erase your location cache and forbid from recording it elsewhere.

Though both the companies have defended themselves in this regard, they have responded to the above cited concerns with a positive instinct and are ready to individualize solutions for their furture mobile operating releases. Till then follow the above mentioned procedure to get rid of such location tracking.