XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: horace@horacealgiers.com   
      
   On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:20:22 -0700, AL wrote:   
      
   > It would still be needed in 5. But not in 6 and above which allow you to   
   > deny permissions in settings, no app required.   
      
   Ah. Thanks for confirming that an "app ops" app would still be needed in   
   Android 5, but not in Android 6.   
      
   >> In my case, location is asked by the map apps,   
   >   
   > My Maps app (version 9.36.2) wants access to contacts, location, phone,   
   > and storage. I leave them all off. So far no app complaints for just   
   > bringing up a map. If I want turn by turn directions then I'd of course   
   > need location on.   
      
   That makes complete sense to me.   
      
   I don't "log in" to any map app, so, they only can get where I am when I   
   turn on their access to GPS (which I usually leave on).   
      
   I feel GPS is *accurate enough* for me when I am mapping, so, I have zero   
   need for "SSID location" or "cell tower location" which Android seems to   
   call "coarse" or "approximate" location.   
      
   Given that I am never always logged into any account (not even Google   
   Play!), is there any other app, other than a map app, that *needs* location   
   access?   
      
   NOTE: I realize apps like "waze" and "weather" and "gas buddy" can use   
   location to your advantage *when you need that* - but does any app *need* a   
   *constant* 24/7 location access to work for you?   
      
   >> it makes sense that if an app truly   
   >> *needs* the location, that it should simply *ask* for the location access   
   >> at the time it needs it.   
   >   
   > IMO that would be a hassle for people who aren't as paranoid as we are.   
      
   I agree that most people might get annoyed when an app *asks* for location   
   permission - but don't the iOS users live with that exact fact?   
      
   Besides, how many apps actually *need* full-time 24/7 location access?   
      
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