Your phone shares data at night: Here's how to stop it

Your phone shares data at night: Here's how to stop it

Smartphone data tracking continues while you sleep as devices transmit location and advertising IDs to companies. Experts reveal how to limit background data collection.

Your phone shares data at night: Here's how to stop it – Democratic Accent

If your smartphone stays on your bedside table overnight, it stays busy long after you fall asleep.  Even while it appears idle, your phone continues to send and receive data in the background. Some of that activity is expected. Your device checks for security patches, syncs system settings and keeps essential services running. Other data transfers are far less obvious and far less necessary. Experts warn that smartphones routinely transmit trac…