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 TeMPOraL on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @08:11AM (#14505592)

Explicitly decided to keep Google Maps' location history activated on my device for precisely the same reasons. I'm yet to use it in court or something like that, but the argument about human memory resonates with me strongly - I've used location history many times to review e.g. on which day I was in some place or other few years ago. (Or once, years ago, to check how exactly did I get home after one party.)

RE people saying "just take a photo and use EXIF", that won't work because I don't know in advance what locations I will be interested in in the future.

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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by _acme on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @08:28AM (#14505723)

Do you mean ex ante? A priori knowledge is that which is independent of experience, as in deduced from pure reason; it doesn't just mean 'in advance'.

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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @08:29AM (#14505732)

Yeah, that's what I meant. Thanks for this correction, I didn't realize "a priori" doesn't mean what I thought it means.

(I edited the comment to use "in advance" instead of "ex ante" though.)

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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by clairity on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @02:36PM (#14508775)

in a more formal or philosophical context you're right, but the more colloquial "in advance" usage is not wrong per se (hehe).

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