How to avoid being tracked via smartphone?

The issue of data device security is always a concern for smartphone users. However, many people do not really understand the device security procedures and prevent electronic tracking. In this article, we will learn how to prevent tracking on Android and iPhone.

Restrict use of device location features

Choosing to use the GPS positioning feature on Smartphones is a fairly familiar trick for users today, with this feature we can easily know our current location as well as use it for many different tasks. However, abusing and using this device positioning feature will unintentionally make your device less secure as well as easily tracked by other applications.

For iPhone devices

Step 1 : Go to Settings from the application menu, then select General.

Here you search and select Restrictions .

Step 2: The system will ask you to enter the Limit password to confirm, then we search and select the Location Services function as shown below.

Step 3: Here you can select Turn off location services or select the applications that are using location services on the device and select No to turn it off.

For Android devices

Go to Settings , then search and select Privacy and Safety Location .

Here you can choose to turn off location services, or select Mode to choose to change the accuracy and method of locating the device to become safer.

Do not root or jailbreak your device.

Rooting an Android device or jailbreaking an iPhone brings a new experience but comes with a lot of risks. After being rooted or jailbroken, the device is very unstable and unsafe, making it easy for others to secretly install unauthorized tracking applications on the device.

However, for experienced users, they can jailbreak or root their devices to install fake location simulation applications, helping the owner "pretend" to be in one place but in reality they are somewhere else.

Prevent phone tracking with app permissions

Every time we install new applications on Android devices, iPhone systems often send notifications asking for confirmation of installation, device setup, with applications that do not need GPS, calling, messaging features but require the use of these, you should delete them as well as not confirm the application's permissions.

Never share personal accounts

Many people are careless in managing their accounts on smartphones and tablets. This is a reality that is difficult to change. In Vietnam, users still share their Apple ID search with the phone store. Some people "innocently" provide their Apple ID search and iCloud account to their lover and do not expect that they are being tracked through the Find My iPhone search feature.

Not only on iPhone search, Android users should not be easy with their accounts. Gmail is the most valuable thing on Android devices because it stores contacts, emails, notes... and is the key to log in to photo storage services. If others know your Gmail and password, they can also locate where you are if you have previously enabled the find device feature when lost.

In addition to keeping your personal account private, users should limit the use of photo streaming features to other devices, such as an iPhone search can automatically send photos just taken to the photo collection on the iPad search. An Android smartphone automatically syncs photos to Google Photos and someone knows the password to log in to this service. This is a utility and also a double-edged sword.

Check the list of applications again

As mentioned above, strange applications on the device are one of the factors that cause your device to be tracked, so to prevent being tracked on the phone, we need to check the device for strange applications of unknown origin or not.

Then remove this suspicious application of unknown origin from your device. There are many applications that have been infected with malware, making us not know whether it is safe or not, so removing and deleting it is absolutely necessary.

Locate by phone number

Nowadays, many people are concerned about being tracked and located easily through phone numbers, but this is completely impossible. Because the method of determining location through phone numbers requires permission from the network operator. This makes users lose the safety of their personal privacy. Therefore, you will be completely assured when you no longer need to worry about this issue.

So we have just learned how to prevent phone tracking, prevent location tracking. Hopefully through this article, you have also grasped the steps to take as well as what to do to prevent tracking of your Android phone, iPhone.

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