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On Android 5, every time you enable GPS, a popup comes up asking you to share location with Google. There is a checkbox "don't ask me again", but if you tick it
by codedokode 8y ago
On Android 5, every time you enable GPS, a popup comes up asking you to share location with Google. There is a checkbox "don't ask me again", but if you tick it, the button "Decline" becomes inactive [1]. So it is going to pop up every time you want to know your location unless you agree. This attitude is openly hostile to the user (and yes, that's why we need more regulation).
[1] https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/115944/in-lollipop-5-0-2-every-time-i-turn-on-the-gps-it-wants-me-to-give-permission-t https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/115944/in-lollip...
- Rjevski 8y agoThis will keep going as long as people buy these devices. The only way to stop this is to hit them in their wallet.
- takluyver 8y agoThere's no plausible path for market forces to apply pressure on something like this. There are many other factors that are more obvious to people choosing a smartphone - screen size, storage size, price, familiarity, and so on. And you basically have two platforms to choose from: Android and iOS. GDPR provides a timely example. The potential fines for companies storing private data and not complying are 'hitting them in their wallet' in a way that the choices of individual users can't.
- spion 8y agoRaising awareness on social media might also work.
- bryanrasmussen 8y agoright people when buying a phone are going to ask - does this give you a way to stop sharing location data with google forever?
- dredmorbius 8y agoAnd of course the website or salesperson offerring the device will know and answer accurately. /s
- Rjevski 8y agoWell you might get burned once but not twice. I once got burned by Android’s carrier crapware and lack of updates. I am now a faithful iOS user.
- codedokode 8y agoThis won't work because people who care about privacy are the minority. Neither Google nor Apple will care about minorities.
- nneonneo 8y agoThat’s horrible. I’ve seen some atrociously bad nag requests, but that has to take the cake. Funnily enough, when it comes to USB devices, Android is completely opposite. They give you a pop up with a checkbox to remember the device, but it doesn’t actually remember it. Next time you plug in the same device, the same pop up recurs.
- craftyguy 8y agoSounds like a bug, since this definitely does not happen on any of my android devices.
- plankers 8y agoI have the same experience every time I "select a default app for this action." Without fail, I'll get the same pop-up next time I want to perform that action (any action). I just stopped checking the box.
- pnutjam 8y agoSamsung has been doing this since the g3. It offers "high accuracy". Bull, just use my GPS chip.
- tyler-redclay 8y agoI'm on Android 8. I can toggle every service on my which settings without unlocking the phone (wifi, mobile data, Bluetooth, flashlight, airplane mode, screen rotation...) but if I want to turn off location services, I have to enter a security code. Turns right on, though, no passcode required. Meanwhile high accuracy drains battery like a sieve. You can switch to low accuracy, but it will nag you to turn it back on high accuracy to use even the most mundane location curious app. And if you turn off location and turn it back on, it purposefully doesn't remember - back to high accuracy by default. Can't you just track my every move with simple GPS, Google?
- kace91 8y ago>but if I want to turn off location services, I have to enter a security code. Turns right on, though, no passcode required. That is somewhat reasonable, though. It's a security feature, designed that way so that a thief can't keep you from locating your phone remotely. Whether it's an effective feature is a different matter.
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