Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed

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 October 31, 2018  Mohit Kumar Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that "at some extent" will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations. Apple's custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the MacBook's built-in microphone whenever the user closes the lid, the company revealed yesterday at its event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Though the new T2 chip is already present in the 2018 MacBook Pro models launched earlier this year, this new feature got unveiled when Apple launched the new Retina MacBook Air and published a full security guide for T2 Chip yesterday. "This disconnect is implemented in hardware alone, and therefore prevents any software, even with root or kernel privileges in macOS, and even the software on the T2 chip, from engaging the microphone when the lid is closed,...

How to turn off Google’s location tracking

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Users often turn off ‘location history’ or ‘location services’ and think that Google is no longer tracking them and it is not collecting any location data from their devices, but that’s not true. A report from Associated Press had recently revealed that Google tracks our location for providing personalised search results based on our location and advertising.

Even after turning off the location toggle, Google still tracks location based on the services people use such as weather, maps, search and also using an IP address. In fact, while pausing the location tracking services, it warns you that “some location data may be saved as part of your activity on other Google services, like Search and Maps.”

To stop this altogether, users need to turn off ‘Web & App Activity’ service of their Google account. This will stop Google from tracking and keeping a log of your location history.

In case you are wondering on how to do this, follow our ready-to-use-guide for you:

For Android devices:

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Open ‘Settings’ and tap on ‘Google’

2.

Head to ‘Google Account’ and look for ‘Data & personalisation’ tab

3.

Toggle Web & App Activity off



To turn off location history:

1.

Go to the ‘Data & personalisation’ option

2.

Tap on ‘location history’ option and toggle off the setting for each and every device linked to that Google Account


For iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Windows devices:
1.

Open ‘https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols’ on your browser

2.

Sign in into the account using your credentials

3.

Toggle off the ‘Web & App Activity’ settings

4.

Also, turn off the ‘Location history’ toggle located just below the ‘Web & App Activity’ settings




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