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0 pointsesprehn2mo ago0 comments

It can request with a JS call. It can't passively collect it without you approving first. The article is written like calling that JS function will turn on location tracking without consent.

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mattdeboard2mo ago· 3 in thread

He explicitly says he can't determine it, but that the location tracking as configured will turn on once the user grants consent. All true statements.

How would you have written it differently

logifail2mo ago

"If the user chooses to opt-in and grants location-tracking permission, the app is then, and only then, able to track the user's location?"

mattdeboard2mo ago

You would be lying if you wrote that because you do not know if that is true.

ceejayoz2mo ago

But that's not true; it could easily fallback to other forms of geolocation like using the current IP.

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