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Re:MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before an... by theklr on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:00PM (#16525354)
Unfortunately apps don’t care. Waze lingers up to 40 minute after traveling in the background and that’s with supposed in app only mode.
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Re:MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before an... by cityzen on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:43PM (#16525640)
From Apple: "When Location Services is active, a black or white arrow icon appears in the status bar."

If Waze is using it for up to 40 minutes after traveling, you need to decide if you want to know where the cops are or if you want Google to know where you are.

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Re:MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before an... by dothis9 on Monday March 05, 2018 @07:33PM (#16525901)
The colored location bar on top stays active too.

I always force quit Waze at the end of the trip so that it (1) stops tracking me and (2) I don't waste my phone's battery life on tracking me

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Re:MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before an... by ChadMoran on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:22PM (#16525498)
Unless I'm mistaken they don't have access to your location while running in the background. Running != access to location.
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Re:MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before an... by dannyw on Monday March 05, 2018 @08:43PM (#16526243)
GPS mapping apps can enter into an “active backgrounder” mode, where the app is active in the background.

It is one of the few app categories that can do that; the other is VOIP.

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Re:MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before an... by ikurei on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @04:57AM (#16527908)
But doesn't the status bar remain green while an app is doing that?
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