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by kaffeeringe 663 days ago
It also tracks your position all the time. That is the bigger problem to me. https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/de/reports/com.azure.a...
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vladvasiliu 663 days ago
Interesting, on iOS it didn't even ask to use the location.

Do they do it because they can? Haven't used Android in a long time, but I had the impression that they also introduced finer-grained permissions, as opposed to blanket approve / deny everything the app asks for.

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rmholt 663 days ago
Android definitely has fine grained permissions. In fact my phone asks me each time a new app wants to use my location. Interestingly enough, I don't recall seeing a location prompt for Google's services
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vladvasiliu 663 days ago
> I don't recall seeing a location prompt for Google's services

I don't recall a prompt for Apple's services, either. But you can revoke the permission, at least for some of them.

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Mathnerd314 663 days ago
> This report lists trackers signatures found by static analysis in this APK. This is not a proof of activity of these trackers.
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