Smartphones have become our indispensable companions—our best buddies for doing everything from playing games to getting around to keeping in touch with friends and family. But how much personal data are you sharing about yourself along the way?

Whatever your phone of choice, you’re signing away a good chunk of privacy every time you boot it up: these devices want to know how many steps you’re taking, where you’re travelling, what you’re searching for, and more. Here’s how to take back some control.

Android

Logging into and using an Android phone means you’re adding extra bits to the data hoard Google already has on you—built from services like Google Search, Chrome, Gmail, and everything else Google runs. In a lot of cases what your Android phone knows about you is the same as what Google knows about you.

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