Before iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, apps were able to leverage your IDFA identifier to track your activity across apps and websites from different developers for more accurate ad targeting. Such unsolicited tracking was an invasion of user privacy, so Apple sought to do something about it. For...
tracking via first-party cookies is par for the course, if disclosed as required by privacy laws, and little can be done against it except perhaps the potentially website-breaking option of blocking all cookies or limiting it by browsing in private or incognito mode so that you appear as ...
I was surprised to see I had about five apps that were always using my location. They were all applications that need to know where I am when I'm using them, like Uber and Google Maps, but there's no need for them to know where I am even when the app is closed. I changed the ...
If you keep your location settings, you are turning off GPS tracking. You will still be able to use your phone for all of its other intended uses: calls, texts, internet browsing, taking photos and videos, etc. When your location settings are off, you will not be able to use GPS mapp...
Even with location turned off, Google can access location history. We show you how to turn off location tracking history freom Google.
cookies, URL trackers, tracking pixels, and more advanced techniques that usespecial scripts, like browser fingerprinting. Each of these methods gathers and logs your data a bit differently. But they all help companies build an advertising profile of you by essentially spying on your browsing habit...
All you have to do is install the VPN on the device; then, you can hide your location and all other activities. You can choose any server from the list of country locations and start browsing the web easily. The best part is your employer won't be able to track you anywhere as long...
Windows 10 users can stop Microsoft from tracking themselves. If you are a Windows 10 user, you can do this by unticking the “Send my activity history to Microsoft”option fromSettings > Privacy >Activity History. 4] Disable Location Tracking ...
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Stop Google tracking using a browser First, we’re going to stop Google from saving your data. Go tohttps://myactivity.google.com/. (This is easier on a desktop.) UnderMy Google Activityyou’ll see the buttons for three types of activity:Web & App Activity, Location History,andYouTube...