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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by scarface74 on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:22PM (#18151843)
It doesn’t matter if you “turn off AGPS” completely on your phone. If you are on a cell network, the cellphone companies are selling your location

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/us-cell-carriers-se...

Of course you have to opt in for apps.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by lern_too_spel on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:27PM (#18152238)
We were comparing iOS to Android. What the cell phone companies collect affects both equally. AGPS collection makes iOS more invasive than Android, and you can't even opt out.
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