https://lifehacker.com/precise-location-is-giving-your-coordinates-away-to-app-1849458216
Your phone is broadcasting your exact location to apps that don't need it.
Unless you routinely tweak your privacy settings, it's likely you're broadcasting your exact location to any app that wants it.
Keeping precise location disabled for most apps is good privacy practice.
The issue here is more related to privacy than security. By keeping precise location on, you're sharing your exact location with any company that's interested (and they're all interested).
While Apple tries to stop developers from selling your data to advertisers
and other businesses, it still happens.
The good news, if you can call it that, is all this data is anonymous and
not directly tied to you. While it sounds like your apps are selling your location data to Big Brother to spy on your movements, in practice,
companies use this data to better sell you stuff.
Still, it's creepy!
Turning precise location off doesn't stop companies from receiving and
selling your location data, but it does stop them from receiving and
selling your exact location.
The problem is, precise location is a sneaky feature, especially on iPhone.
When you open an app that wants your location info for the first time, you
see a pop-up asking for permission. This pop-up, complete with a mini-map preview of your location, is familiar to anyone on iOS, and typically asks whether you'd like to share your location with the app all the time, only
when using the app, or never.
What isn't overtly clear here, however, is the Precise toggle hidden in the mini map, which is set to "On" by default. If you want to disable it from
the onset, you'll need to toggle it off here before choosing the main
location setting on the pop-up.
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645/97ef642fe9a52b2655580ee5089bb843.png
It's not too late to fix the problem if you granted these permissions
already, though. You can manage precise location settings on any iPhone
running iOS 14 and newer.
While you're at it, make sure to review all location settings for your
iPhone.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-your-iphone-and-its-apps-from-tracking-your-1847585595
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