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 benrapscallion on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @09:22PM (#31590219)

Apple has the option of imprecise location for this very reason.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by dillondoyle on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:54AM (#31591480)

And they changed permissions to opt in.

Different numbers for different categories, but I've read anywhere between 18 - 25% on the higher end opt-in success.

But above example of weather app is a good trick though, probably gets more allow always on location than FB for instance.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by blenderdt on Thursday June 02, 2022 @02:16AM (#31591963)

That assumes the location on the device is used by an app.

But signals your phone is sending can and are also being tracked.

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