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[MineralMan]

1. While all that may be true, sharing your location data

isn't always a horrible idea. Google searches can use it to show you the nearest Pizza place or gas station. It also lets you get localized information more quickly for things like weather, etc. And, of course, mapping and directions absolutely require it.

I'm curious about why people are so worried about sharing their location info. Ad tracking? Oh, well. I'm going to see ads whatever I do, so they might as well be about what's nearby, frankly.

I'm not sure I care all that much if my location is shared by my phone. I'm really boring, so where I am is of little use to anyone.

If you're worried about it, though, you can implement all those suggestions, but you will lose some of the functionality we all depend on from our mobile devices. I can see, for example, while fugitives from bounty hunters don't want their location known, but I'm not one of those.

Want to know where I am? Just ask me. I don't mind if you know.