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I will never understand why people leave Location Services on all the time. I don't even install apps that request location when it isn't necessary for my need
by DrScump 9y ago
I will never understand why people leave Location Services on all the time.
I don't even install apps that request location when it isn't necessary for my needs (active geolocation, like mapping if I'm lost, hikes, and such).
For Moviepass, and for the rare cases where I am lost or really need active directions, I turn Location services on. Then, it gets immediately shut off. (Similarly, I keep Bluetooth and NFC off except when in active, intended use.)
In fact, for Moviepass and other apps that require locations, I install them on a secondary phone that I use only for nosy apps. It just stays in the car. (This is a good use for an old phone without a SIM; most apps will run fine over WiFi.)
And when apps want to update and in the process try to add permissions they didn't originally seek and have no business using (e.g. Stubhub, Magnifier, Flashlight+), I just don't let them update.
- mwilliaams 9y agoI too choose privacy and battery life over the convenience of leaving location on all the time.
- rimliu 9y agoWith a motion coprocessors (Apple's M7-11) there is not that much battery drain.
- mwilliaams 9y agoOh that's cool, but I have an Android. GPS drains the battery.
- dannyw 9y agoPeople have different valuations. I turn on Location Timeline and allow Google to record my location 24x7, because I find it useful to be able to know where I was any arbitrary day or time.
- z_open 9y agoIs it also useful to be contributing to the apathy that our privacy, as a society, isn't worth protecting?
- drusepth 9y agoThis is a pretty close-minded view on the pros vs cons of sharing any kind of data in return for benefits you value over that raw data.
- z_open 9y agoThe pros you get are a luxury, while the cons are an infringement on our privacy. We're at the point where you sharing your data harms everyone else. For example, if there are 1000 people in a population and 999 willing share all data on themselves, the last holdout doesn't need to offer his data. They can already derive it from based on everyone else's.
- dionidium 9y agocons are an infringement on our privacy. You have to explain why I'm supposed to care that MoviePass knows where I am when I'm near a theater (i.e. why is this a con). You're acting like this is obvious, but it's not. All your work is ahead of you.
- DrScump 9y agoMoviePass knows where I am when I'm near a theater That's not the risk -- Moviepass knows you are there at that time simply by your usage metrics. The problem is that (1) other apps have Location access while you have Location services on if you have ever granted that privilege, including only at install time, and (2) few people have the presence of mind to turn Location on and back off promptly so that it's only on when the user is conscious of it.
- z_open 9y ago
- peteretep 9y ago> I will never understand why people leave Location Services on all the time Because I barely value my location privacy, and I get a bunch of useful features out of some of the apps I let have it?