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Euro consumer groups: We think Android tracking is illegal

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Re: Also consider Bluetooth

"They are training you to press the 'accept' button on location tracking, "

Oh boy, this is tinfoil hat time. It serves as a warning from Google that this app is using something that may be able to track you and you have to agree to that. Web Beacons can be used for tracking very easily and in some areas are quite prevalent.

Therefore Google can either make you think you aren't being tracked because you only have Bluetooth on due to an app needing access to it and then they get headlines saying "apps are utilising a loophole in bluetooth to allow tracking" or they know that by allowing bluetooth access on an app they can track using that so you must also give permission for that as well. You don't need to allow that app to have access to GPS to use bluetooth!

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