alt Hacker NewsI want the location on every time, without exception.
The current behavior is exactly what I wanted.
These "all users are imbeciles that need our protection" design pattern needs to die a swift death.
It's maddening, We're constantly taking kitchen knives and replacing them with the colorful plastic toddler version and still have the same cutting tasks.
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dylan604 • last Monday at 3:39 PM
I was a fan of the idea that the OS would strip location data on any upload via web/app, but would preserve the data when doing specific types of transfers deemed not via third party like direct transfer to computer or AirDrop
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raw_anon_1111 • last Monday at 3:49 PM
And most people don’t want their location shared with random websites.
Seems to be quite simple, an App which wants to access this info just needs to set the permission for it.
Chrome doesn't seem to request that permission, so the OS doesn't provide the location-data to the app.
If your app targets Android 10 (API level 29) or higher and needs to retrieve unredacted EXIF metadata from photos, you need to declare the ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission in your app's manifest, then request this permission at runtime.
Source: https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/m...