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[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

You're probably right but it wouldn't be a clean implementation for the os to do it. If it was more universal and better documented app devs could just put notices in themselves

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I assume it's part of the security for the app to not even know whether the GPS data was ever there.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

The app knows if location permission has been denied though

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah that's true. Not always ideal, though. I'd prefer the option to spoof a location to the app, just to avoid dealing with apps that unnecessarily block features when you deny them location permissions.

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