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Topic # 114039 5-Feb-2013 22:07 Send private message

tried with them to playing hide and seek.

Is there any app can block tracking apps?  I'm using a android phone.

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  Reply # 756345 5-Feb-2013 22:09 Send private message

Moved to correct forum...

What do you mean? People can't track your phone unless you install an app that let them do it. Have you installed anything? If you have, you just uninstall it.





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  Reply # 756347 5-Feb-2013 22:12 Send private message

How are they tracking you?

 

 


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  Reply # 756350 5-Feb-2013 22:15 Send private message

my boss, he always know where i am and when it is even in the holiday. How the hell!

I didn't install any app like that

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  Reply # 756351 5-Feb-2013 22:18 Send private message

  • Would your boss have had access to your phone to install anything? 
  • Is there any installed apps that shouldn't be there? 
  • If your phone is being used for work, is it being managed by your work's IT department? 

If you said NO to these questions then your boss is probably just guessing where you are, or someone is saying something, not your phone.





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  Reply # 756352 5-Feb-2013 22:20 Send private message

xzdyahoo: my boss, he always know where i am and when it is even in the holiday. How the hell!

I didn't install any app like that


Is it your phone, or your employers phone (i.e. who owns the phone?)

This sounds like the sort of software people install on their phones so if it gets stolen they can track it...



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  Reply # 756353 5-Feb-2013 22:21 Send private message

Thanks for your help, If he's guessing, I probably having a witch boss. Cool

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  Reply # 756356 5-Feb-2013 22:30 Send private message

Well, what are the answers to the questions posted here then?





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  Reply # 757055 7-Feb-2013 18:44 Send private message

Or, is your boss your 'friend' on

Facebook
Google+/Latitude
LinkedIn
FourSquare
etc

or are you using the above services with your info set as public?




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  Reply # 757070 7-Feb-2013 19:19 Send private message

Sounds like theyve got something like Meraki running... :)

Ive got it set on a few of our work phones for testing, useless for tracking iPhones.




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