Really? But my flashlight app says it needs location permissions to work…
My biggest gripe with Android perhaps is that somehow the nearby devices/location permissions is tied into WiFi and Bluetooth rather than just having a separate ‘communications’ permission to say who can use the network links.
I dont really understand what you mean by the second. If an app has WiFi and Bluetooth access, then it has location access. Not including WiFi and Bluetooth under location permissions would be very bad, because the average person doesnt understand that those things can be used to locate you.
It could go both ways. Simple example might be an offline GPS app, allow it location but not network other than when downloading maps. Network based location is a crude thing at the IP level, but can get pretty accurate if based on BT/WiFi access point.
It’s a bit better with the ‘only when in use’ option on modern versions, but ‘in use’ could be a bit subjective if an app keeps a running service in the background. I seem to recall that Graphine has them split out as two distinct things.
Really? But my flashlight app says it needs location permissions to work…
My biggest gripe with Android perhaps is that somehow the nearby devices/location permissions is tied into WiFi and Bluetooth rather than just having a separate ‘communications’ permission to say who can use the network links.
I dont really understand what you mean by the second. If an app has WiFi and Bluetooth access, then it has location access. Not including WiFi and Bluetooth under location permissions would be very bad, because the average person doesnt understand that those things can be used to locate you.
It could go both ways. Simple example might be an offline GPS app, allow it location but not network other than when downloading maps. Network based location is a crude thing at the IP level, but can get pretty accurate if based on BT/WiFi access point.
It’s a bit better with the ‘only when in use’ option on modern versions, but ‘in use’ could be a bit subjective if an app keeps a running service in the background. I seem to recall that Graphine has them split out as two distinct things.
Oh i see. CalyxOS has a built in firewall app to restrict that, which is handy.