If you’re using a phone and have a cellular connection, there’s no way to avoid this.Ĭellular carriers have been found selling this location data to shady third-party companies, but have promised to stop. This works through triangulation-by measuring the relative signal strengths of your phone to three different cellular towers, your carrier can have a pretty good idea of where your phone is relative to all through towers. Your cellular carrier can determine your rough location. RELATED: Why iPhone and iPad Apps Are Asking to Use Bluetooth Cell Towers You can check which apps already have access to your phone’s Bluetooth radio by heading to Settings > Privacy > Bluetooth. Think carefully before giving Bluetooth access to apps that request it, as those apps could use it for tracking your phone’s location when you’re near such beacons. For example, they could be used to track the movements of shoppers in a shopping mall, gathering a lot of data that for targeting advertisements. Nearby Bluetooth beacons can also be used for tracking you as you move around. RELATED: How to See Exactly Where a Photo Was Taken (and Keep Your Location Private) Bluetooth Tracking Beacons From the Photos app, tap the Share button, tap “Options” at the top of the sharing screen, and disable the “Location” option. You can also just remove location data while sharing a photo. To remove a person from this list, swipe left on them. Your family members will appear here, as will anyone you’ve shared your location with.

Tap the People icon at the bottom of the window and look at the people in the list. You can stop the iPhone’s Camera from saving location information in the photos you take. To check whether you’ve shared your iPhone’s location with anyone, open the Find My app on your iPhone.

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