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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by robin_reala on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:37AM (#25289209)
On iOS at least you can allow an app access to location data only while the app is in use (or not at all). Not sure what the situation is on Android.
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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by 1f60c on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:20AM (#25289644)
And, in iOS 14, you can also grant an app access to “imprecise” location data, which reduces its accuracy from about 20 feet to 2 miles.
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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by lagadu on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:49AM (#25289341)
It's the same since at least Android 10, also you can allow one-off permissions as well.
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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by curiousgal on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:47AM (#25289316)
Same on Android 11. There's also an "Only this time" option.
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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by quenix on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:30AM (#25290618)
That’s different. That would just ask you to confirm again if the app prompts.

The iOS counterpart blocks location requests quietly when the app is in the background and allows them when the app is in the foreground.

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