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Relevant HN discussion for context https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098 Related screenshots: * Uber req

Relevant HN discussion for context https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098 Related screenshots: * Uber requesting location access: https://twitter.com/joeduvall4/status/872007928844345344 https://twitter.com/joeduvall4/status/872007928844345344 * Apps using background location now displayed more prominently: https://twitter.com/ow/status/872145515386982400 https://twitter.com/ow/status/872145515386982400

tfoil2 9y ago
Next battle: getting Apple to give users more granular Location controls. Almost NO App really needs precise GPS. "within a mile" or city or zip code or other fuzzier locations should be fine for most apps. Users should have a better trade-off than exact or nothing.
- weeks 9y ago
  Android 1.0 had this via ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, unfortunately Android only recently got runtime permissions.
  - matt4077 9y ago
    Apple still has it: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/EnergyGuide-iOS/LocationBestPractices.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015243-CH24-SW1 https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Pe...
    - tfoil2 9y ago
      Right, but this is at developer discretion. I always want to see user-level control for privacy-enhancing features.
    - kartickv 9y ago
      No, you don't get to grant or deny access to a particular granularity of location, which Android has.
- zkms 9y ago
  As long as it's deterministic it'd be super great -- otherwise some devious programmer is just going to average out the random fuzz factor :)
lm2s 9y ago
The banner for apps using location while in background seems like an iOS bug... If it isn’t, Apple should give an option to turn the banner off.