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ComodoHacker on May 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using ...

I have two questions.

1. Why are location data needed? What difference could it make vs just contacts?

2. Couldn't this ban be easily circumvented by telling people to install another app that shares location data?

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