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Originally Posted by Burlington
I think it’s more that those apps mandate permission to use your location in order to function.
e.g. local weather apps based on your live GPS coordinates.
It’s the passing of these data on which is being highlighted. The end user agrees with the app to share their location in return for accurate real time information, but then unbeknownst to the end user the app then sends these same data to data gathering firms etc.
Certainly in Europe the recent GDPR legislation which came into effect seeks to control data collection and sharing but I’m sure it will take years for the first test cases to come through.
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No I disagree. I never give an app permission to use my location and I still use Tapatalk and weather apps etc. I just type in my city on weather apps. It doesn’t know my home, just general local. Most of the apps you can hit “no” when they ask permission and you can still use the apps anyways
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