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February 21, 2020 06:01 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wBFTHEo8R0M/google-to-put-a-muzzle-on-android-apps-accessing-location-data-in-the-background
Google To Put a Muzzle on Android Apps Accessing Location Data in the Background
Google has announced this week plans to crack down on Android apps that abuse the OS permissions system and request access to user geo-location data when the app is not in use. From a report: Starting with May, the OS maker plans to show warnings in the Play Store backend to all Android app developers about the need to update their apps. Going forward, Android apps will have to request access to location data based on the way they need this information. Google plans to review each app on a case-by-case basis and remove apps from the Play Store if they request access to location data and that's not immediately used inside the app. Google plans to review its own apps as well, the company said in a blog post this week. The goal of this major rule change is to crack down on apps that may be secretly harvesting location data while they are not in use. This type of data is called "background location data" and most app makers often sell it to analytics firms and online advertisers.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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