[aprssig] iPhone web position

Steve Dimse steve at dimse.com
Sun Aug 2 11:44:43 EDT 2009


The new page has already resulting in a "big brother" flame, a new  
world record, so let me address this publicly for those that do not  
have iPhones. Whenever you run an app that uses the location manager,  
an alert pops up on the screen saying "App ... wants to use your  
location, do you want to allow this". If you say yes two times in a  
row, the app is permanently green-listed, and it will always be able  
to get your location. If you say no twice, it will never be able to  
get your location and it stops bothering you.

The web site positions work the same way, but on a host level. If you  
bless findU, Google location still needs approval. So no need to  
worry, a findU page cannot grab positions without the user knowing and  
approving...

Steve K4HG




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