Apple is investigating an issue with privacy settings in iOS 17. After updating to iOS 17, a small group of users complain that some privacy settings were changed without authorization.
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Apple is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it as soon as possible.
In a tweet by X’teki, the Mysk developer duo reported that some users who turned off the “Tighten Spacing” and “Analysis and Improvements” options found these options enabled without warning after upgrading to iOS 17.
Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that user-chosen settings for these options should not be changed after updating to iOS 17 and that it is looking into the issue, reiterating its commitment to privacy.
The problem was only encountered by some users. Apple explains that “relevant locations” are used by Maps to derive information about frequent locations, provide personalized services such as traffic-predictive routes and that these “are protected using end-to-end encryption and cannot be read by Apple” .
According to the Mysk developers, the relevant locations remain on iPhone but could be used to locate detailed information about its frequent locations. As regards Analytics data, according to Mysk providing this data could have implications for privacy, even if it does not record data that allows the user to be identified, suggesting that both this and the relevant positions option be deactivated (Settings > Privacy and security > Location > System services, and from here tapping “Frequent places”).
