iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by matthewmacleod on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @06:50AM (#14505097)

Off the top of my head, any app involving directions – public transport, say – can reasonably use precise coordinates. Uber is also a reasonable use-case (when you want it to use that data) given the density of some city streets. Then there are location-sharing apps generally, or apps where you want to check in to locations (maybe a bit fuzzier, but there could be a lot of taggable locations within say 500m), or camera applications, or geocaching, or…

It's great to have control, and it would be even better if we were able to specify the accuracy an app is able to achieve. But there are obviously some reasonable use-cases for both foreground and background tracking.

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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by ascagnel_ on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @09:14AM (#14506103)

For an app like that, I'd like to see a "approve every request" option. I don't always need my transit app requesting my position (even if only when in the foreground) when I really only need to look up the nearest stop occasionally.

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