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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by pawadu on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:39AM (#13088091)
Have you tested any automation apps for Android like Tasker [1] and Automate [2] for doing all this automagically?

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch....

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.llamalab.a...

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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by buro9 on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:00AM (#13088194)
Both look nice, but it also looks like neither can manage app-level permissions (enable/disable Location) and preferences (block Notifications)
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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by pawadu on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:36AM (#13088400)
I think there are some plugins for doing that, for example

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangible...

This requires the super-sensitive WRITE_SETTINGS permission, which must be granted manually.

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