We all thought that having the GPS application on our Smartphone turned off meant we were safe from someone being able to know our location, nothing could be further from the truth, a group of researchers from Princeton University has discovered, this vulnerability, to demonstrate it they have created a procedure that allows collecting information from the phone from elements such as the compass, the accelerometer or the barometer.
The importance of not being located is greater than many of us assume, location is considered one of those dangerous permissions that we should not grant to apps as it poses a risk to privacy or security.
Ciertamente desconocíamos que algunas aplicaciones que utilizan el GPS para su correcto funcionamiento, por ejemplo las aplicaciones de fitness, son capaces de activarlo de forma encubierta, es decir sin que nos demos cuenta y a partir de aquí nuestra ubicación queda expuesta.
De todas formas ahora mismo no hay forma de protegernos de esta acción que realizan estas aplicaciones. Así que si desea no ser localizado la única forma de evitarlo es no instalar dichas aplicaciones.