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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by hutattedonmyarm on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:51AM (#14504878)
What about the desiredAccuracy property of CLLocationManager [1]?

[1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/clloc...

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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by matthewmacleod on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @06:43AM (#14505072)
There is no specific permission for accuracy, which I think was the point there.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by MBCook on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @12:43PM (#14507849)
Right. An application can ask for what it wants (low accuracy is much faster and burns less battery since it doesn't start GPS) but there's no way for the user to say that an app can ONLY get low accuracy data.
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