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iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by Pamar »

3pt14159 wrote: post #26
tfoil2 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I want to be tracked by Google. I went out of my way to turn it on in iPhone. My location is leaked to cell towers and by what wifi network I'm connecting through anyway, and I'd rather be able to figure out which cool restaurant I went to months after my visit to Vilnius is over. Plus my memory of my personal life is so unreliable, especially if I don't have any context, so if I'm ever in court I'd like to be able t…

I am not completely sure I understand what you want to accomplish, but I think you might find Moves (https://moves-app.com/) useful.

Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by c517402 »

yakult wrote: post #32

Do apps still have access to location history data? If so this is a nothingburger.

Exactly my question. Buried deep in location services is a frequently visited locations that apps have access to even if they only have access "only while using."

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/10/how-to-turn-off-hidden-fe...

Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by dvcrn »

c517402 wrote: post #34
yakult wrote: post #32

Do apps still have access to location history data? If so this is a nothingburger.

Exactly my question. Buried deep in location services is a frequently visited locations that apps have access to even if they only have access "only while using." http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/10/how-to-turn-off-hidden-fe...

I didn't know of that, thanks a lot for sharing!. Reminds me of the Google Location history on Android devices that shows you scaringly accurate where you went during your day.

Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by Sephiroth87 »

c517402 wrote: post #34
yakult wrote: post #32

Do apps still have access to location history data? If so this is a nothingburger.

Exactly my question. Buried deep in location services is a frequently visited locations that apps have access to even if they only have access "only while using." http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/10/how-to-turn-off-hidden-fe...

I'm pretty sure 3rd party apps don't have access to that data anyway...

Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by richardwhiuk »

vbezhenar wrote: post #29
winteriscoming wrote: post #6

I like all the new things coming in iOS11, including this. I recently got my first iPhone and it's on iOS10. Do users like me get to upgrade just the OS on the same handset when they release iOS11? I haven't found the answer to this on some of the apple articles I have browsed.

Think carefully before upgrade. You can't downgrade after you upgraded and new upgrades are known to significantly slow down old devices. My iPhone 4S became unusable after iOS 7 and it's almost bricked with iOS 9. This is Apple way to force users to buy new phones. That said, they force developers to discontinue support for old iOS versions, so if you don't upgrade, you'll stuck with old apps and some might stop wor…

Apple occasionally release upgrades which the hardware really isn't capable of supporting. I think the worst example was the iPhone 4, which was given the iOS 7 upgrade. iOS 7 was basically only suitable for multi-core capable devices, and the iPhone 4 was the only device it was released on (the same generation iPod and iPad didn't get the update).

Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by olivier_martel »

3pt14159 wrote: post #26
tfoil2 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I want to be tracked by Google. I went out of my way to turn it on in iPhone. My location is leaked to cell towers and by what wifi network I'm connecting through anyway, and I'd rather be able to figure out which cool restaurant I went to months after my visit to Vilnius is over. Plus my memory of my personal life is so unreliable, especially if I don't have any context, so if I'm ever in court I'd like to be able t…

you could instead just snap a picture of every location you want to remember, you have the location attached as an EXIF

Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users

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Post by rimliu »

c517402 wrote: post #34
yakult wrote: post #32

Do apps still have access to location history data? If so this is a nothingburger.

Exactly my question. Buried deep in location services is a frequently visited locations that apps have access to even if they only have access "only while using." http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/10/how-to-turn-off-hidden-fe...

iOS has access to these, third party apps do not.
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