I have never used the GPS on my phone, ever.
I have never enabled google location tracking, and about 2x yearly I reconfirm that it’s still off.
I’m completely sure that doesn’t quite do the trick, though.
I get flak for intentionally carrying a “dumb” flip phone. I can make calls and send and receive texts. Can’t install apps, and no GPS.
But how will I do everything? I’ll check the email and log in remotely when I get home, if I chose to. No, you can’t make me pull over in the car and review it right now, no, I can’t review it while I’m at a kid event.
I get push back and strange looks when I say I cannot install your app to get coupons and perform bank transactions. Then again, my data can’t be stolen via them. It is a major step toward better IT security. I can’t help the OPM and Experian hacks that did affect us.
My kids intentionally have the same dumb flip phones. You can call. You can text. You can’t send a sexting photo, and the ones someone tries to send are so low a resolution that it isn’t worth it. The inability to read emojis well forces them to TALK or spell out ideas to people. My kids are repeatedly asked, “Are you being punished? Or is your iPhone just in the shop?”
“I have never used the GPS on my phone, ever.”
I use my phone GPS many times each day.
My phone GPS is way better than the built-in one in the car...even places that opened a few days ago show up, while the built-in GPS only has updates available every 6-12 months and that is for data that is 6-12 months old...
I only turn off the GPS feature of my phone when I intend to do something bad - and then my car rats me out.