Some apps need access to location services to function properly.
There may be reasons why you don't want your device to be located, often because you don't want to be found and the device is always with you.
Depending on who you are trying to hide your location from, there are several levels of hiding your location.
Disclaimer: the exact instructions for your make and model of Android device may look a bit different.
There are apps active on most Android devices that could give away the location of the device.
Under Allowed all the time, Allowed only while in use, and Not allowed, find the apps that can use your device's location.
If you see any apps that you don't recognize, be sure to turn the permission off.
Find My Device is a service which makes your device's most recent location available to the first account activated on the device.
Find My Device is included with most Android phones, and it's automatically turned on once you add a Google account to your device.
Turning off Find My Device may backfire if you ever truly need to find your device because you lost it.
If someone may have the login credentials for the Google account associated with the phone, you may want to turn it off.
Even in airplane mode, GPS on your phone is still working.
As long as a phone isn't turned off, it's possible to track the location because the device sends signals to nearby cell towers.
Even when it's turned off, the service provider or internet provider can show the last location once it's switched back on.
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This Cyber News was published on www.malwarebytes.com. Publication date: Wed, 29 May 2024 14:13:06 +0000