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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by nomel on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:57PM (#22041086)
Great, you've covered 0.1% of the Android user base.
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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by jayd16 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:40AM (#22042690)
Are we talking about things we like, use and do, or are we in a pissing contest about who's team is winning?
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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by lorenzhs on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:40AM (#22043256)
We're talking about privacy protections for all users, not just HN users. The change in iOS 13 doesn't allow you to do anything that wasn't possible before, the settings have existed for years. It "just" periodically asks if you really want to let that app access your location in the background all the time, showing you a map where it did so in the last few days. And according to the article, people are saying "no" a lot.

Users will disallow tracking if prompted. The average user won't go out of their way to spoof location data, though.

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