When taking Uber or Lyft, is your ride-sharing data buckled up? Harassed or stalked online? Follow these 5 steps Primer: Who’s tracking your location? Just about everybody That’s why, when you’re driving, it asks you to turn on your Wi-Fi to improve your GPS.” They use nearby Wi-Fi networks to help improve the GPS accuracy. “They’re collecting other telemetry on the phone, as well. Some may have legitimate mapping requirements, such as helping you find restaurants or friends nearby others might not, and others still might abuse the privilege. That list includes not just the mapping service provider, often Google or Apple, but also third-party apps such as Facebook and Yelp. “Anybody with access to that data can pinpoint where your house is, or the places you frequent,” says Mark Loveless, senior security engineer at software development management company GitLab.
What we don’t always realize (or think about) is that this freedom can put your personal privacy, and potentially safety, at risk: The companies behind these apps typically keep records of your whereabouts. GPS-connected navigation apps such as Google Maps, Apple Maps, Google’s own Waze, and their competitors have given people like me a major sense of freedom. As somebody who repeatedly got lost along the winding, poorly sign-posted alleys of Tokyo while living there before smartphones existed, I found great relief in having Google Maps on hand during a trip back to Japan in February.
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