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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Most apps literally don't work right is you do not enable all location services
11 out of 32 apps requesting location on my phone have the permission granted, because I actually need them to use location for one reason or another. the rest works perfectly fine with the permission disabled.