Why Do So Many Apps Ask For Your Location, and Which Ones Really Need It?
When it comes to smartphone privacy concerns, location data is usually at the top of the list. The thing is, so many apps ask for your location now that we never really stop to think why they ask in the first place. A bombshell report was recently published byThe New York Times detailing just how much location data apps have on you (it’s more than you might think), and how they use that data to make money from targeted advertisements. This concept is nothing new and is already widely known, but the report goes into much greater detail than what we’ve seen before. But before you hectically jump into your phone’ssettings and turn off location data for every single app, you should know which apps need location services enabled and which ones don’t. And more importantly, you should know why some apps need it in the first place. Why Apps Ask For Your Location Depending on the app, there are all sorts of reasons as to why they ask for your location. S...