iPhone owner exports a week of the App Privacy Report, has Grok sort through it, and cuts the tracking servers his phone talks to

What they did

He turned on the iPhone's App Privacy Report (in Settings, under Privacy & Security), waited seven days, exported the file and gave it to his Grok bot. The 12,914-line file showed how often TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat used the microphone, 1,288 location checks, and 214 servers contacted, 61 of them ad and tracking companies. He then turned off app tracking, set location to Never for those four apps, removed their contacts access and limited the mic to apps he actually talks into.

How it went

He says that seven days after the changes, the number of tracking servers in the report dropped from 61 to 9.

Worth knowing

• The report shows when apps touched the mic or which servers they contacted, not what they recorded, so it does not prove an app is listening to you. The export holds personal details, so think about what you upload.
• Price check: Grok: free plan; Plus (The X Subscription): US$8/month, or US$6.67/month on a yearly plan (US$80/year) (checked Nov 2, 2026).

Try it yourself

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Here is my iPhone App Privacy Report export. List which apps used my microphone, camera, location and contacts and how often, show the ad and tracking servers each app contacted, and give me a short list of permission changes to make, starting with the ones that cut the most tracking.

More people who did this

• Ochob (@0chob) (X, Nov 1, 2026): Gave Grok Bot seven months of the iPhone's Significant Locations history; it picked out gym days, regular clinic visits and other routines, so they switched the feature off and cleared the history.

Original post

See RazeDen (@razeden0)'s original post on X → (Oct 29, 2026)