tfoil2

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by tfoil2 9y ago
Yes, turning Background App Refresh off goes a long way toward achieving this (and saving battery). Even with Background App Refresh turned off though, some activities may continue, particularly Location, audio, voice, and the like [ https:
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by tfoil2 9y ago
In iOS 10 Settings > Privacy > Location, under the "Location Services & Privacy link, it says: "Your iPhone will keep track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them, in order to le
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by tfoil2 9y ago
Right, but this is at developer discretion. I always want to see user-level control for privacy-enhancing features.
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by tfoil2 9y ago
Yes, upgrades are always free, and new iOS versions are typically supported on several generations of older devices.
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by tfoil2 9y ago
Next battle: getting Apple to give users more granular Location controls. Almost NO App really needs precise GPS. "within a mile" or city or zip code or other fuzzier locations should be fine for most apps. Users should have a bet
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by tfoil2 9y ago
Screw any app that really thinks it needs my precise coordinates in the foreground, let alone the background. Turn-by-turn directions in maps is the only exception I've found in 10 years of iPhone use.
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by tfoil2 11y ago
I see the reference to the "1998 ACM Subject Classification", but this paper is part of a May 2015 conference: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~todd/research/pub.php?id=snapl15
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by tfoil2 11y ago
So Alice quits programming and goes back to cooking because Math is Hard. And we wonder why there are gender issues in tech.