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Review which apps track your location in the background

Background location is the permission apps abuse most. Trimming it improves both privacy and battery life.

  1. Open Settings → Privacy → Location Services (iPhone) or Location (Android).
  2. Review every app set to access location ’Always’ rather than only while in use.
  3. Change anything that doesn’t need constant tracking to ’While Using’ or ’Ask’.
  4. Turn off Precise Location for apps that only need a rough area.
  5. Recheck after installing new apps, which often default to broad access.

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