• ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    The hp printer app says it needs your location to connect to WiFi. It says it needs your location all the time when not using the app, again to connect to WiFi

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      11 days ago

      I think that’s to do with how permissions work.

      Having wi-fi access can technically tell the app where you’re located so you need to give it location access

      Which is stupid because it then also gets GPS access.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        9 days ago

        That’s one of the features Google should have stolen from Cyanogen/LineageOS long ago which had permissions differentiated between precise location and approximate