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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by FigBug on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:10AM (#6900840)
My only complaint is iOS apps know if the permission is denied, so every time you switch to them they can ask you to enable permissions which is annoying (Facebook messenger). I wish they just returned no data.
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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by stanleydrew on Friday December 13, 2013 @12:47PM (#6901800)
That might work for contacts, but what does it mean to "return no data" for location services or bluetooth? In those cases isn't "no data" indistinguishable from "disallowed permission"?
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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by eropple on Friday December 13, 2013 @01:21PM (#6901995)
"Couldn't get fix" and "no devices found", respectively?
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Re:Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims... by pmjordan on Saturday December 14, 2013 @12:03AM (#6904707)
Or the returned location could be user-specified. The UI for dropping a pin or entering a searchable location by name is well-understood by users.
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