5 ms·

Other discussion with more comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21699576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21699576

• SilasX 7y ago
  That one could have used a more descriptive submission title. (I would prefer an HN policy, FWIW, of favoring submission titles being informative over them being faithful to the original article's title.)
  • Wowfunhappy 7y ago
    That title is better imo, this one is kind of misleading, insofar as it overstates the problem.
    • hu3 7y ago
      Debatable. Currently the only way to disable location tracking is to disable it entirely for all apps. For example I can't restrict it to one app without enabling Apple to collect location data.
      • Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        I agree this is a big problem, I just think the current title is misleading.
      • ducadveritatem 7y ago
        At the risk of seeming pedantic: There is a difference between "Apple" and "your device". If there is evidence that Apple is collecting/using location data for some purpose not detailed in their privacy policy and granular settings, then yes, that would be a problem. But that isn't what the info currently available says. It says that the system (device itself) is periodically accessing location data IF location services (globally) are turned on. Seems to me that should be expected...
• dang 7y ago
  We've moved most comments from this thread to that thread.