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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by amluto on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:24PM (#13085733)
I think it's ridiculous that you need an app to approximately control other background apps. Denying background access to the phone should be the default. Anything else should need a permission popup IMO.
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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by benliong78 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:38PM (#13085779)
iOS gets close to what you want. Apps have to ask for specific permission for specific reasons (location, background download, etc), otherwise it just get killed after a few minutes.

Security is always at odds with convenience. It's easy to require a pop up to ask for permission every time and have user getting so used to these pop ups that they just automatically tap "yes"

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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by StavrosK on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:39PM (#13085787)
I agree. Apps shouldn't be able to just run background processes willy-nilly, and I hate how that drains my battery for no good reason.
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