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Re:Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy... by hnburnsy on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:45AM (#32690747)
Google and Apple need to fix this by not allowing apps to start up by themselves, by not letting them run in the background without permission, and giving user control for killing apps.
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Re:Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy... by aaaaaasss on Friday September 02, 2022 @10:03AM (#32690998)
Even if they don't allow any apps to run, the cellphone company will know your general location... There is 2 OS on your phone/pocket computer.
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Re:Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy... by zzo38computer on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:53PM (#32696153)
Even so, being able to disable background processes still would be helpful, possibly to save power and/or RAM.

What else would be needed is possibility to provide fake data (for location, sensors, contacts, etc), including fake error codes (which is also possible to test program working in case of errors).

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