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Android also has a terrible issue with not having good options on this front. You have to either not download the video game that needs open access to your con

Android also has a terrible issue with not having good options on this front. You have to either not download the video game that needs open access to your contacts or micromanage some sketchy looking app that will help you “block” these sorts of things.

nitrogen 7y ago
That changed several versions ago.
frosted-flakes 7y ago
You can selectively deny permissible requests after the app is installed, but what irritates me is that granting access to my location allows the app to continually track me while it's running in the background (even if you never open the app). I've heard this will change in a future version of Android. I discovered this when I was scrolling through the DTEK app on my BlackBerry, which shows every time an app requests sensitive data access, and saw that a bunch of apps that I hadn't opened in a while (like GasBuddy) were accessing my location every 5 minutes.
- tty2300 7y ago
  I don't think background location works anymore. My GPS logger I use for cycling gets killed after about 20 minutes if it isn't the currently open app when I turn off the screen.
  - finchisko 7y ago
    This is not Android thing (yet). Just some vendors, start killing apps in the background. However this is developers nightmare, as they can't deliver consistent experience across all devices. IMO background tracking (with all restrictions, killing...) should be handled directly by AndroidOS, not by vendors. Checkout https://dontkillmyapp.com https://dontkillmyapp.com
    - tty2300 7y ago
      I'm on a nexus 5x with lineage os. Maybe LOS added something but it tends to be close to vanilla android.
  - rightbyte 7y ago
    Have you turned off "battery optimazation" for it? Otherwise do that sthan it should work. But ye, there should be a "grant location this once" option.
- arthurfm 7y ago
  > what irritates me is that granting access to my location allows the app to continually track me while it's running in the background There's an app called Bouncer [1] that can auto-remove permissions as soon as an app is closed. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....

nitrogen 7y ago

That changed several versions ago.

frosted-flakes 7y ago

You can selectively deny permissible requests after the app is installed, but what irritates me is that granting access to my location allows the app to continually track me while it's running in the background (even if you never open the app). I've heard this will change in a future version of Android. I discovered this when I was scrolling through the DTEK app on my BlackBerry, which shows every time an app requests sensitive data access, and saw that a bunch of apps that I hadn't opened in a while (like GasBuddy) were accessing my location every 5 minutes.

tty2300 7y ago
I don't think background location works anymore. My GPS logger I use for cycling gets killed after about 20 minutes if it isn't the currently open app when I turn off the screen.
- finchisko 7y ago
  This is not Android thing (yet). Just some vendors, start killing apps in the background. However this is developers nightmare, as they can't deliver consistent experience across all devices. IMO background tracking (with all restrictions, killing...) should be handled directly by AndroidOS, not by vendors. Checkout https://dontkillmyapp.com https://dontkillmyapp.com
  - tty2300 7y ago
    I'm on a nexus 5x with lineage os. Maybe LOS added something but it tends to be close to vanilla android.
- rightbyte 7y ago
  Have you turned off "battery optimazation" for it? Otherwise do that sthan it should work. But ye, there should be a "grant location this once" option.
arthurfm 7y ago
> what irritates me is that granting access to my location allows the app to continually track me while it's running in the background There's an app called Bouncer [1] that can auto-remove permissions as soon as an app is closed. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....