iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry

Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by ncallaway on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:39PM (#22040523)

> I haven't used Android in a while but I assume it doesn't have this.

I've started getting these notifications on my Android device.

Each app that makes a location request in the background causes a notification that allows me to take away location access from the app, only allow location access when the app is in the foreground, or always allow location access.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by JoBrad on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:57PM (#22041094)

This notification is slightly different: you still get a notification when an app asks for permission. But later on you get a notification telling you that the app has been using a given feature x times, and you have the choice of changing the permission again. For location, it also shows a map of each location gathered by the app.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by lostsock on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:00AM (#22041993)

The same is true on Android, at least for me on my Pixel 4[1]

1: https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/themes/ap2/ap_resiz...

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by JoBrad on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:32AM (#22045661)

Awesome. Can you see the locations it captured?

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by ncallaway on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:06AM (#22042530)

Yeah, that's what I'm describing.

You get a notification when the application accesses your location from the background.

You're not using the app at the time it makes the request, and you get a system notification telling you about the location access.

I haven't seen a map on Android though. I like that.

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