Tech Tip: How to Block Location Tracking on your Phone — VOA Learning English
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Smartphones have become valuable tools for helping to organize our lives. However, the devices can also capture personal data and location information that users might want to keep private.
Here are some tips, suggested by the Associated Press (AP), to help smartphone users limit the collection of private data on personal devices.
How does a smartphone track your location?
All a user has to do is open a phone’s map tool to search for a restaurant or other business to activate data tracking. Similarly, someone choosing to look up the price of a product online can unknowingly permit the smartphone to track the user’s location and share data with others.
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