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"If the user chooses to opt-in and grants location-tracking permission, the app is then, and only then, able to track the user's location?"

• ceejayoz 7mo ago
  But that's not true; it could easily fallback to other forms of geolocation like using the current IP.
  • buzzerbetrayed 7mo ago
    Good lord. So could literally any app on the planet
  • rerdavies 7mo ago
    That would allow you to see the local network IP (not actually sure you even get that, tbh). To get more detailed information about IP configuration, you need Location permission. Been there, done that. Most Android network information calls provide degraded information if you have not been granted Location permissions.
    • quesera 7mo ago
      If an app can make an HTTP request, the app can know the user's public IP address and the geolocation derived from that. This data has well-known limitations, but I think it is the fallback people are talking about here.
• mattdeboard 7mo ago
  You would be lying if you wrote that because you do not know if that is true.