Apple begins the new year with last year’s (and previous) hobby: privacy. ” Apple did not build its business model around the location data of its consumers or the location of their devices “, at answered a spokesperson for the builder at Wall street journal which relayed the fears of several application publishers.
The daily bounced off a joint email from seven publishers, sent in August to Tim Cook. The latter were concerned about the new iOS 13 restriction on the geolocation of users: applications regularly request authorization to use position data, all of which may be accompanied by a map showing the various location records.
These somewhat anxious notifications do not do the business of Tile, signatory of the e-mail: to function perfectly, the tiles which accompany the objects to which they are attached (wallet, bag…) must always be localizable, not only when the ‘app is active. This is why the application strongly advises to activate the setting. Always in preferences Location.
The Life360 app, a kind of Locate for family members, explains that even with the best of intentions, Apple’s actions can have unexpected consequences, for apps as well as for users. For its part and even before the launch of iOS 13, Facebook advised its users to activate localization continuously (read: Facebook encourages iOS 13 users to keep geolocation continuously).
– .
