[bcRIPster]

That's annoying. But an app that's more intrusive in my mind is the Flickr app which sends your Geo location back to Flickr every single damn time you exit any camera on your Android phone. Even if you haven't launched Flickr in weeks/months. It's done this for as long as I've been monitoring the apps on my phone (a good year now).

I started using LBE to selectively block security requests by apps last Summer after being required to install an e-mail app on my personal phone for work that harvests your contact lists and call history. I soon discovered lots of mischief going on with my phone from all kinds of apps and it was rather infuriating.

[Spearchucker]

The SkyDrive app on Windows Phone does it too, but because I use that app I just turn the location service off until I need maps. PayPal, for instance, wants access to contacts (why?!?) so I stick with the web site. Each platform has issues like this. We're so used to just feeding the beast that app developers are ok with unreasonable requirements.

[computerbob]

what if you don't have your gps on?

[wutbrodo]

Location services can always use data or wifi antennas. I believe most Android phones have an OS-level option to turn off app access to location from these sources (otherwise airplane mode would be the only way to do it, I guess).