"iOS 17 update secretly changed your privacy settings; here's how to set them back"
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/ho...-privacy-settings-heres-how-to-set-them-back/
"Many iPhone users who upgraded their iPhones to the recently-released iOS 17 will be alarmed to hear that they may have actually downgraded their security and privacy.
That's because Apple took the opportunity to make a change to users' privacy settings - without asking for permission, and without even notifying users it was doing so.
Two security researchers who go by the name Mysk revealed that upgrading to iOS 17 can silently re-enable two privacy options that security experts have in the past recommended users switch off.
The options, "Significant Locations" and "iPhone Analytics", are buried deep within the settings of iOS. By default, they are enabled - but if you were sufficiently privacy-minded to have disabled them in the past, you would expect Apple to have respected your decision and not re-enabled them when applying the update to the iOS operating system."
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/ho...-privacy-settings-heres-how-to-set-them-back/
"Many iPhone users who upgraded their iPhones to the recently-released iOS 17 will be alarmed to hear that they may have actually downgraded their security and privacy.
That's because Apple took the opportunity to make a change to users' privacy settings - without asking for permission, and without even notifying users it was doing so.
Two security researchers who go by the name Mysk revealed that upgrading to iOS 17 can silently re-enable two privacy options that security experts have in the past recommended users switch off.
The options, "Significant Locations" and "iPhone Analytics", are buried deep within the settings of iOS. By default, they are enabled - but if you were sufficiently privacy-minded to have disabled them in the past, you would expect Apple to have respected your decision and not re-enabled them when applying the update to the iOS operating system."
