Re: Location Accuracy

Jeff Layman wrote on Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:26:53 +0100 :

On 16/10/2024 08:52, Andy Burns wrote:

Just a heads-up to those concerned about such things ...
 My phone (Pixel8a Android15) and tablet (Huawei MediaPad Android9)
overnight enabled high accuracy location, leaving a notification
on-screen that this had been done.

 I didn't get an update for Android 14 for my Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 when that became available, so I can't see 15 appearing. That's no problem as I have any location service turned off (well, all those I'm aware of...).

I have an older thread on XDA about Google changing their GSF libraries to
*require* "precise location accuracy" (which is another name for spyware).
 <https://xdaforums.com/t/privacy-do-you-know-a-way-to-permanently-disable-google-location-accuracy-precise-location-wi-fi-scanning-while-keeping-only-the-gps-radio-on.4543135/>
What I did at that time was create a one-tap shortcut to turn it back off
after using any navigation app that incorporated Google GSF libraries.
 <https://xdaforums.com/t/tutorial-illustrated-mostly-privacy-based-one-tap-shortcuts-so-that-you-can-access-in-a-single-tap-any-buried-android-setting-or-app-activity.4625951/>
If I recall correctly, we discussed a while ago that Google planned on
making "precise location services" the default, which Andy just proved.
Luckily, everything I do on a computer is done in one click if I can make
it do that - which - of course - takes knowledge of the operating system.
For example, around they late summer Google made it the default to turn on
"precise location accuracy" in Google Maps, which, Google (in their
infinite need to spy on us) has made a few levels deep to turn off - where
even when you turn it off - every time you use any navigation app with
Google's GSF spyware in it (which is most nav apps, by the way), then GSF
annoyingly repetitively constantly turns the Google spyware back on... So... I make a one-click shortcut to the settings to turn it off.
 <https://xdaforums.com/t/tutorial-illustrated-mostly-privacy-based-one-tap-shortcuts-so-that-you-can-access-in-a-single-tap-any-buried-android-setting-or-app-activity.4625951/>