Thread: Phone updates & hidden tracers?

A friend just asked me the following:

Do you know any iPhone apps that spy on you or have those hidden agendas (covid tracking, FB spying, etc)? I've been avoiding an update because there are a lot of these things that I've opted out of over the years. I have to update my phone now so I need all the walkthroughs I can find!

Anyone got insight? I told her I haven't updated my iPhone for for a couple years for that very reason. So any info would be helpful.

I also know we can be very easily tracked and spied on from our phones. I've heard we're not safe even when our phones are turned off.

TIA ...

Originally Posted by A.J.

A friend just asked me the following:

Do you know any iPhone apps that spy on you or have those hidden agendas (covid tracking, FB spying, etc)? I've been avoiding an update because there are a lot of these things that I've opted out of over the years. I have to update my phone now so I need all the walkthroughs I can find!

Anyone got insight? I told her I haven't updated my iPhone for for a couple years for that very reason. So any info would be helpful.

I also know we can be very easily tracked and spied on from our phones. I've heard we're not safe even when our phones are turned off.

TIA ...

I like these guys

this one is good for battery life (and privacy)

I think the thing you're talking about is that the phone can still be tracked if it's turned off. I have mixed feelings about that one. If someone is being searched for "like Gabby Petito" it would be helpful to be able to track a dead iPhone. So, I'm still thinking about that one.

I did the first video. I always decline when an app asks, but I didn't know that just disallowing all was there.

I did what the 2nd vid was saying and found I'd already disabled tracking. It was off. Cool. Can't remember when I did that.