Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial complex”

Re:Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial ... by Tehnix on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:01AM (#18292992)

No. That would quite literally be the “Always” setting... For example, for Messenger to share live location, it needs location sharing to be always, and not just “While using”. With while using though, you are still able to share a pin point of you current location.

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Re:Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial ... by macintux on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:23AM (#18293189)

Now that I've looked for Apple's document on the matter I'm more confused. I'd need some examples of what it means by "one of its features".

"Allows access to Location Services only when the app or one of its features is visible on screen. If an app is set to While Using the App, you might see your status bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location."

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207092

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Re:Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial ... by macintux on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:16AM (#18293143)

I don't allow anything Facebook-owned to access my location, so I can't speak to Messenger, but perhaps FB simply doesn't want you to lose location sharing if iOS has to kill Messenger while running in the background.

Always: an app can always access your location

While using: an app can access your location until explicitly terminated by the user or the OS due to resource constraints

Never: self-evident

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Re:Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the “data industrial ... by Tehnix on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:24AM (#18293205)

Fair enough, I seemed to have missed the background part from

> An app is considered "in use" when you're actively using it in the foreground, or when it's in use in the background, which the status bar will indicate.

from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203033. There is still the indication, but admittedly that is not the same.

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