LONDON — 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.

Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been.

This step-by-step guide with screenshots covers how to allow or block iPhone app tracking in iOS 14 for a more privacy-focused experience.

In addition to granting individual apps permission, iOS 14.5 users can also decide to block every single app from tracking activity altogether.

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Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been.