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by christophilus 1483 days ago
I don’t have many apps. I use my browser for just about everything: weather, search, YouTube, etc.

I’d be really interested to see how much my phone leaks to services like this vs the average phone. I bet it’s still a shockingly large amount.

That said, doesn’t iOS notify you when an app wants to use location services? Did all of these users just opt into that? That seems crazy, if so.

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> That said, doesn’t iOS notify you when an app wants to use location services? Did all of these users just opt into that? That seems crazy, if so.

Not so crazy.

Local news, weather, and similar apps with a reasonable rationale for Location Services access are often the culprits.

They will put phrases like “See privacy policy.” in the justification text (When asking permission) so they can claim that the user consented.