Don’t Trust an App Fully? Hide Your Precise Location from It
Most of the time, having your iPhone know precisely where you are is good. You want Maps to tell you exactly when to turn, not after you’ve passed an intersection. But too many apps abuse their users’ privacy.
We strongly encourage you to stop using such apps entirely, but we acknowledge that it can be hard to give up apps that seem necessary for modern life. If there are applications you cannot live without, and they use your location, Apple does provide some privacy protection. Since iOS 14, you can prevent an apps from seeing your precise location while still giving it your approximate whereabouts.
Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, scroll down and tap the app in question, and disable Precise Location.
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