If Your Location Is Off Can You Still Be Tracked. If you dont like the idea of your Windows 10 PC knowing your location all the time you can quickly adjust your settings to turn it off. However a VPN protects you from this by encrypting your data.
You probably know your Android phone or iPhone can pinpoint your location for GPS local search or the weather. Here are some of the ways you can be tracked online even when using a VPN. When Location is on.
Still tracked while cellular off.
Location tracking does require the phone to be on as location tracking just reports where the phone thinks it was located. The key is the Web and App Activity feature. Despite your browser history remaining hidden incognito mode does not improve your security in any other way your IP address will remain visible and the websites you visit will still be able to store data about your actions if you accept the use of cookies they will still be stored on your computer and be able to gather information. You can turn off location history any time but some Google apps still store your time-stamped location data the AP reported.
