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Polylactic_acid
on May 4, 2020
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Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using ...
The location permission is required to scan for bluetooth devices because it can be used to work out location.
ehsankia
on May 4, 2020
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Well not if once you use the new API specifically made for contact tracing, right? Since the bluetooth scanning will be done by a lower level system run by play services, the app itself doesn't need the permissions.
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