Apple is testing the ability of iPhone users to completely block location tracking


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Daniel Romero

It has been revealed that Apple is testing a function to completely block location tracking in iOS , an OS for iPhone and iPod touch.

Apple is testing a way to completely turn off location tracking in iOS
https://mashable.com/article/iphone-ultra-wideband-chip-location-data/

In December 2019, security blog Krebs on Security reported a vulnerability that could cause location information to be shared on the iPhone 11 even if location services were turned off. According to Krebs on Security, in the iPhone 11/11 Pro / 11 Pro Max that appeared in 2019, turn off the use of the location information service of each application from `` Settings '' → `` Privacy '' → `` Location information service '' However, it is not possible to completely turn off location information sharing.

It turns out that location information is shared with iPhone 11 even if the location information service is turned off-gigazine



At first, it was thought that there was a bug where the arrow icon (location information service indicator) indicating that the location information service was being used was being displayed, but in fact, it was actually an ultra-wideband wireless ( it is the effect of UWB) is found to have been.



The iPhone 11 series, which appeared in 2019, is equipped with a

U1 chip that makes full use of UWB technology, and this chip allows accurate location information between nearby terminals to be tracked. With the ability to track accurate location information, the use of location information such as AirDrop and `` Find My '' functions has been enhanced in the iPhone 11 series compared to the past, but due to the influence, individual applications can be Even if the location information service was turned off, a vulnerability that location information was shared was created. However, Apple explained that 'since location information is shared only on the terminal, the possibility of data leakage from here is low'.

Attention is drawn that the coordinate measurement accuracy of the `` U1 chip '' mounted on the iPhone 11 is a transcendent high performance of `` error several centimeter level ''-gigazine



Still, Apple seems to decide to fix this problem, it is clear from the beta version of iOS 13.3.1 that iOS plans to implement a function to completely block location services on iOS I am. Journalist Landon Butch has found a feature on her Twitter account that turns off UWB in iOS 13.3.1 beta.



To be precise, if you turn off the item 'Location for Network & Wireless (location information in network and wireless communication)', and if you turn off 'Location information in network and wireless communication' in the note, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB Will affect the performance of the device, 'indicating that turning off UWB completely blocks location sharing.



It is unknown whether Apple will add a function to turn off the UWB function and completely block location sharing even in iOS after the beta version.

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