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NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life
You're LEAKING Your LOCATION!
Dec 15, 2023
Learn how to protect your privacy by understanding the limitations of airplane mode, removing the SIM card, and not connecting to Wi-Fi. Discover the key settings to focus on and how cell tower communication can still track your location. Explore methods of phone connectivity to cell towers without a SIM card and the privacy implications of GPS. Find out how smartphones leak location and get tips on protecting your privacy.
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- To completely stop communication with cell towers and prevent location tracking, airplane mode is the only effective method.
- Disabling location services, which may require turning off GPS, can prevent location tracking through GPS and related technologies.
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Cell Towers and Location Tracking
Cell towers are constantly scanning for nearby signals from phones, allowing cell providers to track the location of devices. Even without a SIM card, phones can still connect to cell towers for emergency calls or GPS assistance. Various services like TimeSync also rely on cell tower communication. While limited compared to phones with active SIM cards, these interactions can still be detectable. To completely stop communication with cell towers, airplane mode is the only effective method.
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