Post ADbJUa7JKKspEfVbO4 by stux@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #ADbJ8ERbE1ZjeELEaP by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:38:39Z
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A poll about location service on your mobile device!By default, do you have your location service enabled or disabled?
(DIR) Post #ADbJKpJnxAOfUDhXMm by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:40:56Z
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@stux This should be, in my opinion, be a no brainer. Of course you turn it off when not needed, all the wasted battery life and privacy implications are just not worth it keeping it on all the time.
(DIR) Post #ADbJLmT42NrOw1UGUS by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:41:06Z
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I am already very pleased with the result 💪 ✅
(DIR) Post #ADbJMowiJDbYuVqqae by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:41:12Z
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@stux This should be, in my opinion, a no brainer. Of course you turn it off when not needed, all the wasted battery life and privacy implications are just not worth it keeping it on all the time.
(DIR) Post #ADbJPtrgTe4R2Dy1lg by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:41:53Z
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@stux Okay. I have voted, yet it says "0 people" and 0% on both anwsers.
(DIR) Post #ADbJTBxPfNrm14DU1I by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:42:27Z
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@totallynotsobig You would think right! :blobcatgiggle:​Maybe ‘younger’ people are aware of this but in my experience older generations have no clue it’s even an ‘option’
(DIR) Post #ADbJUa7JKKspEfVbO4 by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:42:43Z
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@totallynotsobig even after refresh?
(DIR) Post #ADbJWbTzDiIK3C4yaO by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:43:04Z
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@stux Hmm. It fixed itself.Weird.
(DIR) Post #ADbJXHiICuh51j5ziS by critical@blob.cat
2021-11-20T18:43:18.125120Z
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@totallynotsobig @stux same...This is very weird
(DIR) Post #ADbJXgosrXowtPN6xc by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:43:16Z
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@totallynotsobig Fedilagggg
(DIR) Post #ADbJaBULo8UiabxOyW by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:43:44Z
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@stux Word of the Year 2021â„¢
(DIR) Post #ADbJapES2fXlqspGkK by critical@blob.cat
2021-11-20T18:43:57.044302Z
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@totallynotsobig @stux what if you have installed tracking software in case you loose your phone?
(DIR) Post #ADbJhnGrjQA5nTHIUC by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:45:04Z
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@critical @totallynotsobig FindMyI uses internet and location as extra right.. not sure lol!
(DIR) Post #ADbJjCmQNK6FCXiEFs by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:44:29Z
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@critical @stux If it has a internet connection, you can enable the location. Or just wipe it.
(DIR) Post #ADbJjDK6M72QszT7kO by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T18:45:17Z
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@totallynotsobig @critical Yup!
(DIR) Post #ADbJpTgWR7W1MswVYu by critical@blob.cat
2021-11-20T18:46:35.949389Z
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@totallynotsobig @stux stock android does not allow changing the location settings.And sadly, my Huawei can't be rooted :blobcatsad2:
(DIR) Post #ADbJz5m8Bc8Q6s9P3A by totallynotsobig@mastodon.online
2021-11-20T18:47:39Z
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@critical @stux Samsung has fixed this, IF (big IF) you use their version of 'Find my Android' (or whatever it is called).It even can find mobile phones when they are offline, at a privacy cost.
(DIR) Post #ADbKKu8u7JgaP1CgFc by goo@tech.lgbt
2021-11-20T18:52:11Z
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@stux it is "on" most of the time, as in "allowed to come on". Very few apps actually use it, and none that I don't trust. It's basically the same as keeping it off unless needed but it's easier
(DIR) Post #ADbKgOyifKaI7RgrwW by inference@pleroma.inferencium.net
2021-11-20T18:56:07.570503Z
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@stux I'm in the disabled camp, but here's a fact which people may not be aware of:GPS is receive-only, so it cannot be used to track you without an app using the received data to send it back via a network. The apps are the tracking part of GPS, not GPS itself.
(DIR) Post #ADbKsDyjO985TkKjE8 by vital876@mastodon.social
2021-11-20T18:58:11Z
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@stux I keep it off all of the time. Same with Bluetooth (and Wi-Fi when I leave the house).
(DIR) Post #ADbLe7s1OyU6R02J6m by zleap@qoto.org
2021-11-20T19:06:50Z
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@stux This is why I would consider a pine phone, if I can physically remove the GPS module then the location services are disabled full stop.
(DIR) Post #ADbMHOcd3M0RgOYtg8 by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T19:13:55Z
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@vital876 like me! Haha!Although I have BT now also enabled when I leave the house but that’s for the COVID app thingy.. just in case
(DIR) Post #ADbNztbBLNEgS1fTeK by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2021-11-20T19:33:14Z
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@stux Location is "on" in the main settings, but for most apps, I only grant the "while active" permission.
(DIR) Post #ADbPENzbEkNgixYw40 by schmittlauch@toot.matereal.eu
2021-11-20T19:46:58Z
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@stux Location service under Android is mandatory for the Corona contact tracing app scanning for Bluetooth beacons.
(DIR) Post #ADbRDMbp5x0I3I577Q by Zeno@fosstodon.org
2021-11-20T20:09:13Z
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@stux I would totally advocate for keeping it off, tho my country uses the "corona contact tracing germany" app, which required location services.And I really think, that this app is useful and trust it, because it survived a lot of security audits, is fully open source and, at least this variant, free from google services.
(DIR) Post #ADbSrJQMSIf9iCKiKO by stux@mstdn.social
2021-11-20T20:27:39Z
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@Zeno Same here mate! :cat_hug_triangle:​ Only our app doesn't need location service (at least not on iOS) but uses BT for that :blobcathearts:​ It's also open source and tested big time
(DIR) Post #ADbUheqi8utrAmBM6C by Zeno@fosstodon.org
2021-11-20T20:48:20Z
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@stux It doesnt use the location on android either, it's just proximity measuring using BLE or something like this falls under the location service.
(DIR) Post #ADbX4sP07QQrm9Q7Bw by nergal@linuxrocks.online
2021-11-20T21:13:59Z
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@zleap @stux what of bluetooth, wifi and cell towers? gps is the least invasive of them. gps does not respond to satellite. does gps have to emit?
(DIR) Post #ADbYxh71taikdriXGC by karmanyaahm@social.linux.pizza
2021-11-20T21:36:02Z
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@stux on because owntracks
(DIR) Post #ADcGSnDDYwruZAgerQ by TerryHancock@mastodon.art
2021-11-21T05:43:28Z
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@stuxSeems like every app pressures me to turn iton, but I'm basically paranoid about it. Even so, I don't really trust that it's really off.