If you do not switch off your smartphone while sleeping at night, then you need to pay attention. When you are sleeping and your phone is on standby, it keeps sending and receiving data continuously. Some of this data is necessary so that your phone remains updated and you get the latest notifications as soon as you pick up the phone, but some data is also transferred which is not required.
Worried about which data transfer?
The smartphone keeps transmitting data throughout the day. It also includes such data, which is used for user tracking and advertising etc. Experts say that this personal data should not be transferred without the consent of the user. This data includes your location, device info, usage pattern and many other information. Even if you are not using the phone at night, this data keeps getting shared continuously. This leads to user profiling, which is used to show advertisements. Last year, many big companies were accused of spying on Android users. Such cases have also come to light, where the user got to see advertisements related to the same item about which he was talking on the first day, the next day.
How to avoid this?
To avoid background data sharing, you should pay attention to the permissions of installed apps. Actually, some apps take unnecessary permissions and then keep transmitting data continuously. To avoid this, definitely review those apps which have permission to access your microphone, camera and tracking data. If you are not using it, then uninstall such apps, which remain active in the background continuously. Similarly, you can disable background refresh on Android and iPhone.
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