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Thanks Google for not allowing us users the ability to stop apps from starting up or not allowing apps to run in the background. Dicks. Every granted app permi
by hnburnsy 4y ago
Thanks Google for not allowing us users the ability to stop apps from starting up or not allowing apps to run in the background. Dicks.
Every granted app permission should have the ability for the user of the device to revoke that permission.
- ls15 4y agoAnd I should be able to provide fake data to apps out of the box. Some location that I can set manually, an address book with fake contacts, an image/video of my choice instead of camera access, audio for microphone, a directory of my choice for file/media access... All of these apps are not entitled to collect accurate data. I think there is an app on f-droid that does this.
- minsc_and_boo 4y agoGoogle reviews all background location requests for apps: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9799150?hl=en https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... The app from the article was collecting the data up until 2020, when Google launched this new app approval process.
- hnburnsy 4y agoDon't they get around this with wifi scanning, viewing network connections and bluetooth scanning?
- theptip 4y agoDon’t all of those things come under the “location services” permission?
- minsc_and_boo 4y agoThey do. You can't access wifi scanning w/o location permission from user.