Ever need a moment of privacy without raising suspicion? If you're secretly shopping for a holiday gift or planning a surprise party, you might want to temporarily obscure your actual location in ...

The iOS 26.3 update has a new Limit Precise Location feature designed to protect your privacy.

Ever felt the need to virtually shift your location on your Android device? Whether it’s for accessing geo-restricted content or faking your GPS for fun, changing your location is easier than you ...

Sachin Bahal is a freelance tech writer. He has a bachelor's in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University and studied journalism and photography at Durham College. A tech geek since childhood, ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find ...

Your phone has a location pin toggle in the quick settings slider. You can also find it in the settings app as a toggle labeled location. Turning it off should mean that your phone’s location isn’t ...

Modern smartphones have long been equipped with location-aware features that combine global positioning system (GPS) hardware with other features like Wi-Fi and cellular triangulation to help get an ...

A self-proclaimed "location-checking addict," D'Souza explores how sharing her location has strengthened her friendships.