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threeseed on May 5, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Swype makes almost 4000 location requests every da...

>I assume ios users are likely in the same boat, but with even less chance of recourse.

You assumed wrong. On iOS when an application requests access to your current location the OS shows the user a prompt. If a keyboard replacement app was requesting my location I would be asking serious questions about its intent.

iOS has a very well implemented permissions systems that I have no idea why Google hasn't copied yet. They really should.

bunderbunder on May 5, 2014 [–]

One nice side effect of this is that on iOS, most apps don't even try to ask for information they don't actually need.

OTOH, there are also no (approved) keyboard replacement apps for iOS. :/

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