4 Privacy Settings You Should Have Turned Off In 2024 Because They’re Putting Your Data At Risk
August 13, 2024 by Lisa Cupido
In this day and age of what feels like numerous hacking attempts at every turn, it helps to become familiar with your phone’s privacy settings and to select those that you should turn off in order to keep your data as private as possible. There’s no need to complicate matters, either: there are four privacy settings on your phone that are notorious for putting your data, including your location, at greater risk of being exposed and captured by the wrong people.
In order to ensure your phone is as private and protected as possible, consider turning off these four privacy settings on your iPhone that could be putting your data at risk.
Advertising TrackingThere is no good reason — none whatsoever — why your phone should expose you to advertising tracking that you didn’t sign up for, but there’s one problem. You may have accidentally enabled this setting or never turned it off, and therefore Apple has the green light to send you ads. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Apple Advertising. Turn off “Personalized Ads.”