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Location can also be extracted by JS on a website with these geo functions, IIRC?


Requires permission.


so does an app


Exactly. The only app-specific abuse I can think of is apps that wake in the background (Apple said this isn't the case, but it is), Android where apps get push by default, or apps that just hope the user will grant broad permissions that web can't do.




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