dsgarnier | 6 years ago | on: iPhone apps share data with trackers, ad companies and research firms
For the past month of so I’ve been trying to determine what’s been enabling my iPhones Bluetooth or WiFi function - something is intentionally doing this. For example, if I turn off WiFi or Bluetooth at bedtime I find it enabled in the morning! If I go somewhere the WiFi or Bluetooth may enable. WTF? (No I’m not having a senior moment here...) “What in my iOS environment has recent changed?” I deliberately don’t upgrade my iOS apps because of new or unusual improvements I discover. Or better yet what recent Apps have been asking for Bluetooth access? MyRadar and Walkmeter have requested access to Bluetooth “for location accuracy.” Really now? My walking location is going to improve their weather or my walking location? Or maybe I need to uninstall Washington Post or New York Times Apps to find the pattern here.