Turn off Apple's default tracking service and delete stored data for increased privacy
This week at Avast, we made the highly anticipated release official: Avast Secure Browser is now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod! And while going through the development process, one question was constantly on our mind: “What does maximum privacy on iOS look like?” Thinking about that question, we’d like to share a couple of tips that we discovered along our journey.
You’re probably aware that your iPhone is tracking your physical movement, but did you know it keeps a detailed list of your favorite places, knows how often you visit, and when you’ve been there? It’s all part of “Significant Locations,” a location-based system service that runs by default when Apple’s Location Services are enabled.
Significant Locations helps your iPhone figure out which places are most important to you, in order to "provide you with personalized services, such as predictive traffic routing, and to build better Memories in Photos,” according to Apple. Apple also says that the information in Significant Locations is “end-to-end encrypted and cannot be read by anyone at Apple.”
But even with those assurances, many people aren't comfortable with the idea of their iPhone tracking and storing their movements, especially considering the recent news that Apple might be storing more information about you than you realized. If you'd rather Apple ..
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