I'm leaning towards picking up an iPhone next, just to show some support for the solid pro-privacy stance Apple has taken in recent times. Uber isn't going to be happy with this at all, and that's a great thing.
Why would Uber be unhappy?
iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
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#92This is great. There are a lot of apps that are a hassle to use, because I have to enable/disable their location access before/after using them to protect my privacy and battery. Looking at you Waze et al.
I've uninstalled Waze multiple times, being reminded that it has been accessing my location in the background while sitting at home relaxing always upset me.
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#93I'm leaning towards picking up an iPhone next, just to show some support for the solid pro-privacy stance Apple has taken in recent times. Uber isn't going to be happy with this at all, and that's a great thing.
Why would Uber be unhappy?
A few months ago they changed their app so that iOS users no longer had the "only while using" option for location access, and announced plans to stalk users even after their rides had ended.
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#94I'm leaning towards picking up an iPhone next, just to show some support for the solid pro-privacy stance Apple has taken in recent times. Uber isn't going to be happy with this at all, and that's a great thing.
Why would Uber be unhappy?
Recently Uber updated their app to track and report users' locations even when the app was not being used.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Hopefully sometime soon Apple will also encrypt iCloud contents so data from non-american people (europe in my case) is protected against the US government prying eyes. Also not American myself, but I think legally it should be quite the opposite: NSA and CIA can "legally" spy non-US citizens. It is illegal for them to spy US citizens.
Why do you think the government should be able to spy on non-US citizens using services from US companies?
Why do you make it personal? I'm just mentioning current US law. The Snowden scandal wasn't because the NSA was spying people, it was because it was spying US citizens without a warrant. The NSA and CIA purpose is to spy the rest of the world in order to "keep Americans safe".
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#96I really like Apples pro-privacy stance, in contrary to Google & Microsoft. Hopefully sometime soon Apple will also encrypt iCloud contents so data from non-american people (europe in my case) is protected against the US government prying eyes. Our data/privacy seems pretty well protected inside Europe, but in America we seem to have 0 privacy rights (America first...!)
Don't feel bad, most Americans don't have privacy rights either. :) I've been saying this for awhile, that I trust Apple a lot more since they aren't directly incentivized to sell out their users for advertising. I LOVE iOS as a platform, as a user of both Android and Windows Phone there is simply no comparison, iOS blows both away.
>...since they aren't directly incentivized to sell out their users for advertising...
Is that due to Apple being pro consumer privacy or because they have $250 billion in cash? When the cache of cash drops does Apple start adding ads and tracking its users?
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#97To users, will this affect location-based actions? (Like Google Inbox delivering an email upon arrival to a location.)
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#98I really like Apples pro-privacy stance, in contrary to Google & Microsoft. Hopefully sometime soon Apple will also encrypt iCloud contents so data from non-american people (europe in my case) is protected against the US government prying eyes. Our data/privacy seems pretty well protected inside Europe, but in America we seem to have 0 privacy rights (America first...!)
>contrary to Google
My Android phone worked out my home and work location without me telling it. That was a bit weird.
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#99This is great. There are a lot of apps that are a hassle to use, because I have to enable/disable their location access before/after using them to protect my privacy and battery. Looking at you Waze et al.
I've uninstalled Waze multiple times, being reminded that it has been accessing my location in the background while sitting at home relaxing always upset me.
But it's a map app thats its nature.
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#100I'm leaning towards picking up an iPhone next, just to show some support for the solid pro-privacy stance Apple has taken in recent times. Uber isn't going to be happy with this at all, and that's a great thing.
Why would Uber be unhappy?
Uber is the only app I use that doesn't have an "Only While Using" option. Also, the app is pretty much unusable without this option. Lyft, Google Maps, etc all have the "Only While Using" option enabled. This was a change they intentionally introduced because the option was there before. When the version where always-on location was forced was introduced, almost all the reviews on the App Store were complaining about this. They really have terrible business practices.