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Isn't this one of the reasons why phone permissions (at least on Android) have the option to share location data with an app only when it's in use?


I don't know for sure but sneaky apps stills gets the location data through scanning nearby devices, looking for nearby wifi addresses, bluetooth, network traingulation etc. Few of these doesn't give them the exact location but still if you're a person of interest thar may be enough to connect the dots.


> sneaky apps stills gets the location data through scanning nearby devices, looking for nearby wifi addresses, bluetooth, network traingulation

All of those are also gated behind permissions like location, at least on Android.




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