[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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