I'm assuming this is for Maps/address resolution data and such, and not real tim... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		xenospn on Jan 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut loc... I'm assuming this is for Maps/address resolution data and such, and not real time location information that can be used to identify a single user.

xs83 on Jan 14, 2020 | [–]

No one identifies a "User" (in a personal sense), everything goes via the IDFA or AAID, this is a unique identifier that represents your device. Real time location is used - it specifies it there, I am really not sure why people think Apple is more altruistic with this data than Google.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact