Why the hell would a coffee shop need that data? Other than to sell.
Your favourite Canadian coffee chain
Fun fact, Tim Horton’s has plummeted and face planted from grace in Canada. It used to be a point of pride for many, now it’s almost universally seen as an embarrassment. Also, it’s no longer Canadian owned, but bought by a US company.
the fact that an app can do that is much more concerning than the fact that one did. why were location services available when the app wasn’t being used?
There are a small number of apps that have legitimate reasons for background location access, like OsmAnd which is very nice for making GPX tracks (in an offline, privacy-respecting way). But yeah “foreground location” and “background location” should be different permissions, and really, why should that app even run in the background?
(note: OsmAnd should be installed from f-droid to get the unrestricted free software version; the version in google play hilariously requires you to pay for the ability to download more than a few maps 🤣 )
But yeah “foreground location” and “background location” should be different permissions
They are though, I can usually choose between “Allow only while using the app” and “Allow all the time”.
