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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by pininja on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:16PM (#22041192)
This is great, and everything you’ve said is true.

But the change in iOS13 is the regularly occurring pop up alert to prompt users to pick a lower permission for apps they don’t use often that are also tracking location.

As others have mentioned, iOS has had the fine grain permission for a while. What’s new is the regular prompt.

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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by LawnGnome on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:21PM (#22041213)
Android 10 also has a similar prompt via notifications.
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Re:iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location d... by ericlewis on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:56PM (#22041714)
thankfully most people use android 10 as regularly as later iOS versions.
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