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How come on the iPhone I get a prompt saying " would like to access motion and orientation" but not on Android?
by mcny 3y ago
How come on the iPhone I get a prompt saying " would like to access motion and orientation" but not on Android?
- brucethemoose2 3y agoThe motion doesn't even work running Bromite on Android, presumably because of the fingerprinting protection. Its crazy how our phones have all these sophisticated sensors, yet they are mostly used for something related to tracking for ads. So much so that I don't notice when its blocked.
- KomoD 3y agoAre you using the same browser on both...?
- cmeacham98 3y agoThey cannot be, because all browsers on iOS are reskinned Safari (due to Apple's App Store policies), and Safari is not on Android.
- mcny 3y agoGood point, I was using Firefox on both but as you said Firefox on iOS is just Safari. To be fair to Mozilla, I am running Firefox nightly on Android.
- layer8 3y agoChrome on Android allows it by default. You have to got to Site Settings to disable it. Safari on iOS prompts the user before allowing it.
- afavour 3y agoIt used to be available as standard on both but iOS locked it down after some truly insane demos showing how it could be used for fingerprinting or (IIRC) even detecting what users were typing. This is why we can’t have good things.