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How Ad Targeting Follows You Between Apps

It's rarely your microphone listening — it's a shared advertising ID quietly stitching your activity together across every app you use

Ads that follow you between apps aren't proof your phone is listening — they're the result of a shared advertising ID and data broker networks linking your activity.

6 min28

12 August 2026

Tech#smartphones#privacy

How Your Phone Knows Your Location Even With GPS Off

GPS is just one of at least four separate location systems running on your phone, and turning it off disables only one

Turning off GPS doesn't turn off location tracking — WiFi networks, cell towers, and Bluetooth beacons can pinpoint you almost as accurately.

6 min49

4 August 2026