Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amounts’ of location data

Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by varenc on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @05:15PM (#31588234)

You can use the app with the location permission disabled no problem. (On iOS at least)

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by frosted-flakes on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @07:00PM (#31589236)

Android too. On later versions of Android, background location access isn't even option unless the app explicitly requests it, and even then the user has to manually go into settings and enable it (the app can't trigger a prompt).

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