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I’m confused. On iPhone you control which apps get location data. You also get warnings on the top of the screen when an app is using your location. How are th
by mrfusion 8y ago
I’m confused. On iPhone you control which apps get location data. You also get warnings on the top of the screen when an app is using your location.
How are these apps getting around that?
- LeoPanthera 8y agoI don't know if it's possible anymore, but one way used to be that the app would send a list of every wifi network it could see. This can be used to calculate your position surprisingly accurately, in most places in the world.
- jsjohnst 8y ago> I don't know if it's possible anymore Never was possible on iOS.
- phobosdeimos 8y agoDisable WiFi scanning. One of those settings that is hidden and 95% of users have never heard off.
- basil-rash 8y agoIf you read the article, they do all ask for your location, but say they will use it non-nefariously.
- jakewins 8y agoThe article says these are apps that have asked for location permission for other purposes (like homes.com, which presumably uses location services guide you to real estate?).
- half0wl 8y agoThey're not getting around that, users are giving them permissions to location data. From the article: > Almost all require access to a user’s location data to work properly, like weather and fitness apps, but share that data often as a way to generate revenue for free-to-download apps.
- lawnchair_larry 8y agoBecause users are authorizing the app, for a seemingly legit purpose, but they are not intentionally authorizing the bundled third party SDK that came along for the ride to exfiltrate all of the data that it can.