Android Q Beta 5 bug grants some apps unlimited location access, but new notification helps catch that - BloggerPaggy

Friday 12 July 2019

Android Q Beta 5 bug grants some apps unlimited location access, but new notification helps catch that

With Android Q, Google is focusing on privacy and battery optimizations. The new OS version makes location permissions more granular and allows us to grant them only when interested apps are in use. Contrary to this new-found privacy focus, a bug in the latest beta switches all apps that you've previously granted location access "only while in use" to "allowed all the time." Luckily, the beta also addresses this issue by sending you a notification whenever an app asks for your location in the background.

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Android Q Beta 5 bug grants some apps unlimited location access, but new notification helps catch that was written by the awesome team at Android Police.



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