XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Unless Google is changing the high accuracy setting to enabled (along   
   with enabling wifi geolocation) when they update the OS version, I   
   thought any apps that wanted to change geolocation for themselves would   
   instigate a popup asking the user for permission.   
      
   For me under an old Android 8.0.0, I go into Android settins -> General   
   -> Apps & Notifications -> App permissions, where I find 32 of 41 apps   
   want, and were granted, Your Location permission.  In my old OS, I can   
   only turn on or off the permission per app.  I cannot configure which   
   ones get which level of geolocation data (GPS only, networks only, or   
   GPS & networks).  However, I would surprised if Location Mode changed   
   from Device sensors only (GPS only) to the other settings, or visa   
   versa.  But, as I stated, I'm on an old Android version, and there will   
   never be a newer version for me.  My old phone went unsupported back in   
   2019, and LG, the maker, left the smartphone market in 2021.   
      
   I haven't heard of apps that change the geolocation mode, just those   
   that want permission to use whatever is enabled.  They might prod for   
   high accuracy, and may not function properly without it, like a car   
   locator app, but don't remember any that force a change in the mode.   
   I've not been hit with malware that might try to do that.  Yet, I can   
   see how an OS upgrade could screw with settings.  I have read where   
   users of Windows and Android sometime claim a setting got changed away   
   from what they configured, but if there was some evil plot to make that   
   change then everyone would complain.   
      
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