Apple smartphones have features that violate the user's privacy by transferring his data to third parties. What every iPhone owner needs to do to prevent being tracked is in the material.

Tracking actions

Apple does not hide the fact that its gadgets have a function with which absolutely all installed services track user actions. iPhone apps collect data from other apps and browsers for advertising purposes—and sell that information to third parties.

Advertising snooping starts when you first launch any application. When opened, the user will see a pop-up window asking for permission to track activities - the system will offer two options: "Ask the application not to track" and "Allow".

It is recommended that you disable tracking user actions - this will not affect the operation of the application in any way. The user will be able to use all the features of the service without restrictions and at the same time keep his data to himself.

In order to prevent tracking on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you need to open "Settings", go to the "Privacy" section and open "Tracking", disable the feature for each application separately. At the same time, it is not recommended to disable "Tracking requests by applications" - this way the user will stop receiving requests, and this does not guarantee that the application does not consider it necessary to "allow itself" to monitor the user's actions on its own.

Strange Permissions

The Privacy section also provides a list of system apps and services that third-party apps can access. At the same time, permissions for some applications may be redundant, for example, if the meditation service asks the user to access contacts or a microphone.

To prevent third-party services from accessing, for example, the camera, you need to open the "Camera" item in the "Privacy" section and check which applications are allowed to use this function. You must disable this feature for all services that are not related to taking photos or videos. Similar manipulations must be done with each item in the menu to minimize the risks of surveillance.

Privacy Report

With iOS and iPadOS 15.2, Apple smartphones and tablets now have an App Privacy Report section in their privacy settings that shows the user what personal data each installed service collects.

You can find the "Privacy Report" at the very bottom of the "Privacy" section. The "Data and sensor access" section will show which applications and how often they request access to the location, contacts, files, microphone or camera of the gadget. This will help detect "strange behavior" of an application that receives more data than it needs to fully work.

If the user does not like being asked too often by the application, he can deny him access to this or that section according to the instructions in the previous section.

"Network activity of applications" shows the network activity of the programs installed on the device, namely the number of connections to the network, as well as the domains accessed by the service. This report will help the user understand where the third-party application is uploading data.

Google tracking on iPhone

Despite the fact that the iPhone runs on Apple services, this does not prevent Google from conducting exactly the same surveillance as on Android smartphones. Apple smartphone users with an active Google account on at least one app, such as YouTube, are advised to check their location history on Google Maps and prevent the company from tracking them.

In order for Google to stop tracking the geolocation of the smartphone and its owner, you need to go to the service website, log in and go to the "Chronology" section in the side menu. Next, you should click on the "Location History" button at the bottom of the screen and disable this feature.

It is also recommended to enable automatic deletion of data after three months.

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