After upgrading to iOS 15, Meituan was exposed to "locate" every five minutes, and Apple fans finally got angry

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Many people may not know that in iOS15, Apple has quietly updated a major feature: recording APP background activities. This feature is very similar to the "privacy mask" on MIUI12. The system will automatically record what the APP does in the background when it is not started.

In our impression, iOS seems to be purer and safer than Android, which is why many people buy high-end mobile phones. Is this really the case? As more and more people upgrade to iOS15, a regrettable news comes. It turns out that "rogue apps" are not only found in the Android ecosystem, but also in the iOS ecosystem.

A digital UP host named Xuan Ningxuan sir revealed: After upgrading to iOS15, he found that Meituan obtained location information every 5 minutes without his knowledge, and tracked him 24 hours a day.

To be honest, Meituan’s service scope includes ordering takeout, hailing taxis, in-store consumption, etc. Most of its businesses belong to offline life service applications. Obtaining user location information is a "must-have", which we can all understand.

However, these services are low-frequency and may only be used once a day, and do not require 24-hour tracking and positioning - it can only be said that user data has been abused again.

The question is, how to turn on the "Record APP Activities" function of iOS15? In fact, this setting is very simple. You just need to find the Record APP Activities option in Settings-Privacy, click on it, and then turn on the function.

However, the activity logs recorded by the system are not very intuitive, and you need to read the activity logs in App Privacy Insights to get specific information.

The second question is, how to prevent third-party apps from abusing permissions? The solutions are as follows: First, when the app asks whether it can obtain location information, set it to "Allow only during use"; second, turn off the background refresh app function to prevent the app from staying in the background; third, each time you install an app, except for allowing network connection, other permissions that should not be given are prohibited.

My personal operation method is this: I disable 95% of the permissions of most APPs. Except for communication software, background refresh is prohibited for all of them. I would rather kill it by mistake than let it go.

Finally, what is frightening is that if iOS15 does not update the “record APP background activities” function, Apple fans may always think that the iOS ecosystem is safe and relax their vigilance - places that are mistakenly thought to be safe are often the most dangerous places.

Facts have proved that the innovation of domestic mobile phone manufacturers is meaningful. Rather than saying that iOS15 has made a contribution, it is better to say that MIUI's "privacy mask" has made a contribution. Apple's model has never been to develop behind closed doors, but to keenly perceive the future trends of the industry, and then take the essence and discard the dross.