The Harlow Report

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2023 Edition


ISSN 0742-468X
Since 1978
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first published week of:   04/24/2023

Why Do Apps Track Your Location?

by Emily Putnam

With all the apps people rely on every day, have you ever felt like you’re being tracked? In some cases, you are.

A professor from the Rochester Institute of Technology explains why apps ask for your location and the risks associated with sharing it.

“You know all these big giant tech companies, I mean that’s really how they make a lot of their money, is user data,” said Dr. Brian Tomaszewski, professor of Geographic Information Systems at RIT.

Users of iPhone and Android alike have probably seen a pop-up on their phones asking for their location. One of you asked us: “Why do weather apps, such as TV 10’s, want to know my location?”

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