Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl...
by tomc1985 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:58PM
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Last time I used android there as no option for disabling location tracking as they had removed it a few major versions prior. Instead you had "enabled" and "kind of disabled, but not really" options
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl...
by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:09AM
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I have used Android devices since 1.0. They have all had the ability to disable location history and the ability to disable Google Location Services (under various names). Apple doesn't even give you the option of not sending GPS locations to Apple. If any app requests your location, Apple gets it too. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207056
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl...
by ex3ndr on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @02:57PM
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That’s just not enough for disabling it on Android. I am working with androids even before 1.0, but does this really matter?
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl...
by lern_too_spel on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:43AM
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> That’s just not enough for disabling it on Android.
Citation needed.
> I am working with androids even before 1.0, but does this really matter?
It matters if I am claiming that there is no point at which GGP's statement was true, which I am. If I am not, GGP could say that the version of Android he used "last time [he] used Android" did not allow him to disable location collection and that it predates my experience with Android's location settings.
You're confusing iOS with Android. On iOS, every time you get your location, that location is also sent to Apple, and there is no way to disable this. Android's collection of this data is gated by a checkbox that is shown to every user on device setup.