The creepy hidden map inside your iPhone that records everywhere you go..

The creepy hidden map inside your iPhone that records everywhere you go including times and dates - and how to disable it

Frequent locations is believed to have featured on iPhones since 2013
Tracks where each user goes, how often they go there, and for how long
Feature is automatically turned on and users are never told it is running
Button to turn it off is buried at the bottom of five different menu screens

The feature has existed at least since the launch of iOS 7, which was launched in June 2013 and had been installed on 89 per cent of devices by 2014, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

The map, called Frequent Locations, appears to be automatically enabled for most iPhone users who are left completely unaware of its existence - unless you know where to look.

In order to access the map, users must go to the Settings menu on their phones, before scrolling through to find the Privacy menu.

From there, go to Location Services, then find System Services and scroll down to find Frequent Locations.

Here, you will be given access to the rather disturbing amount of data that your iPhone has been collecting on your whereabouts, all without telling you.

Apple has previously stated that the map exists only on each device, meaning the data cannot be accessed by other companies or security services.

However, if the phone is internet-enabled, as almost all smartphones are, then it raises the prospect that hackers could get hold of the information remotely.

Perhaps more troubling is the prospect that anybody who steals or finds the phone will be able to access it and then use It is perhaps no secret that mapping services in your phone have long been able to identify where you're going and record how often you go there.
But it will perhaps come as a shock to Apple users to discover that their phones are actually plotting that information on an actual map that they can access.

Even more shocking, when you actually open that map, is how much information your device is secretly collecting on you - including the date and time of your visits to particular locations, and how long you stayed there for each time.


Hidden inside your iPhone is a secret map which details everywhere you have been in the last few weeks, how many times you visited each place, when you went there, and how long you stayed there each time

It to find the victim's home address - before going there to steal more.



In order to get to the frequent locations feature, users should open the Settings menu and go to the Privacy option, then select Location Services, scroll down to System Services (left) before opening the Frequent Locations option (right)

The same problem was identified with satellite navigation devices in cars that allow users to save a home address into their database.
Luckily, once you have found your way to the Frequent Locations menu, you can use a switch there in order to turn it off.

However, beware if your phone downloads a software update in the future, as some users have found that this can flip the switch back to the automatic on position.

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