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Re:iSH Shell by tomalpha on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:14PM (#24862142)
> Location This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease battery life.

I love the idea of a shell on iOS but why does it need to know my location?

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Re:iSH Shell by terrorbilly on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:16PM (#24862174)
https://github.com/ish-app/ish/issues/249

This seems like a workaround so that the app can continue running in the background.

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Re:iSH Shell by tomalpha on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:19PM (#24862231)
That's a much better reason than I feared. Thank you.
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Re:iSH Shell by saagarjha on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:21PM (#24862247)
Your location doesn't leave the device, if that's what you were wondering. And the GPS doesn't turn on until you access /dev/location–actually, you won't even get a prompt until then. It is very much possible to use iSH without using the location file.
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Re:iSH Shell by drchiu on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:21PM (#24862260)
Termius and several other SSH apps use this workaround as well.
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