Tag: privacy

All the articles with the tag "privacy".

• Guide · Underway

  How to track packages on iPhone without giving an app your email

  13 Sep, 2026

  Four ways to follow USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and other parcels on an iPhone — the carriers' own apps, Apple Mail and Wallet, Shortcuts, and a private tracker — and what each one asks for in return. Written by the developer of one of them.

• Why it exists · Underway

  Why I built Underway: a package tracker that doesn't read your email

  13 Sep, 2026

  The App Store's package-tracker category is ads, inbox scraping and $7.99-a-week trials. What it costs to track a parcel through a carrier aggregator, why the free tier is 5 registrations a month, why annual is priced above the category and why lifetime is switched off — and the carrier-terms risk that killed a beloved competitor.