iansheff Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I just came back from Iceland at Crystal Peaks and got a text asking how was Iceland at Crystal Peaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I find these comments a bit strange. I have both iPhone and iPad, which both usually go out with me. The Google maps app is permanently 'on' on the iPad but the phone is just that - the phone only has 'Whatsapp' enabled, everything else that could track me is disabled/switched off. However, I never get any texts or messages of this nature. Maybe because I don't use either as a payment option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, RollingJ said: I find these comments a bit strange. I have both iPhone and iPad, which both usually go out with me. The Google maps app is permanently 'on' on the iPad but the phone is just that - the phone only has 'Whatsapp' enabled, everything else that could track me is disabled/switched off. However, I never get any texts or messages of this nature. Maybe because I don't use either as a payment option? Usually I have the data turned off and am not logged into any local wifi also my GPS is turned off so not sure how it picks up my location. Edited August 18, 2019 by iansheff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I have an Android phone and tablet with the same Google acount merged. Don't know much about the tracking stuff like some of you guys are talking about, but the most recent entry on my devices says,that I visited a certain hospital 8 months ago. This was correct, but I have been to lots of places since.Maybe I have disabled the location app without even knowing it, not that I care Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC33 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) This is a story that I've mentioned on here prior. Perhaps five years ago one of my friends was investigated by the triple c. It stands for crime ,corruption commission. Anyway they were privy to information that my friend deduced could only have been obtained from his phone. I am talking about listening or hearing in to my friends conversation when his phone was not in use! It has since been shown this is quite easy to do through the mic in the phone. Edited August 18, 2019 by MAC33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotequila Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 https://uk.pcmag.com/how-to/82734/how-to-get-google-to-quit-tracking-you Follow the instructions to turn off location history tracking, if you're that bothered that Google knows you went to Tesco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Pyrotequila said: https://uk.pcmag.com/how-to/82734/how-to-get-google-to-quit-tracking-you Follow the instructions to turn off location history tracking, if you're that bothered that Google knows you went to Tesco It's not the Tesco trips it's the ones to Happy Endings Sauna and the like , that are causing concern with some of the lads.😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, iansheff said: Usually I have the data turned off and am not logged into any local wifi also my GPS is turned off so not sure how it picks up my location. Base station triangulation, needed for signal routing and hand-off, and which occurs permanently whilever the phone is switched on (even in standby mode), through periodical keep alive signalling. This is so the network knows which tower in the network to route calls/texts through, and gets translated for mere mortals as the network 'bars'. The oldest geolocating method for mobile phones, long (long, long) before phones ever included GPS and/or WiFi (-which is a secondary source of mobile phone geolocation these days, to improve/refine GPS data, especially indoors). Still in use nowadays AFAIK. Most (all?) IOS apps come with an authorisation flag, asking you at install time whether you will allow (push) notifications. Just answer "no" and you shouldn't get spammed by geo/proximity-triggerred notifications. You can also tweak network permissions for each app through the IOS 'settings' menu. Android still looks like the FarWest to me, where app permissions are concerned, so I don't use it. If you *really* don't want to get tracked, just use burners (phones you buy -cash-, use once to call out, then bin immediately after: just (re-)watch the Jason Bourne movies). Rather the expensive solution, but it works... ...or (re)learn to live without carting a mobile everywhere with you. Edited August 19, 2019 by L00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 6 hours ago, L00b said: Base station triangulation, needed for signal routing and hand-off, and which occurs permanently whilever the phone is switched on (even in standby mode), through periodical keep alive signalling. This is so the network knows which tower in the network to route calls/texts through, and gets translated for mere mortals as the network 'bars'. The oldest geolocating method for mobile phones, long (long, long) before phones ever included GPS and/or WiFi (-which is a secondary source of mobile phone geolocation these days, to improve/refine GPS data, especially indoors). Still in use nowadays AFAIK. Most (all?) IOS apps come with an authorisation flag, asking you at install time whether you will allow (push) notifications. Just answer "no" and you shouldn't get spammed by geo/proximity-triggerred notifications. You can also tweak network permissions for each app through the IOS 'settings' menu. Android still looks like the FarWest to me, where app permissions are concerned, so I don't use it. If you *really* don't want to get tracked, just use burners (phones you buy -cash-, use once to call out, then bin immediately after: just (re-)watch the Jason Bourne movies). Rather the expensive solution, but it works... ...or (re)learn to live without carting a mobile everywhere with you. Totally agree on your last sentence, some folks can't go to the toilet these days with clutching their phone. Lol Sometimes it makes me wonder why phone boxes didn't have massive queues outside every oe of them in the old, pre -mobile days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC33 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7373639/Mercedes-admits-cars-fitted-secret-sensor-pinpoint-location.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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