The GPS location is one of the key aspects in the operation of our mobile phone, but it is also one of the main doors to a loss of privacy, due to the transparent use of this feature. Today we tell you how you can have access only to GPS connectivity when an app is in use.
Android 10 has brought us many improvements, and one of them has to do with GPS connectivity. This offers us a more selective way of giving access to this connectivity by the apps that we have installed on the phone.
That the apps access the GPS only in the foreground
As you know the Android permissions allow us to limit the action of the application in different aspects of the phone. The location is one that we can customize as well. Now you do not have to choose one of the extremes, give permissions or not to the app on duty to access this feature, but there is a middle point, and it is surely the most recommended to have a certain balance between privacy total and more practical use .
For this, what we must do is access once again the settings of our phone, and follow these steps:
- Enter the phone settings
- Click on ” privacy “
- Enter ” permission manager “
- Click on ” location “
- Select the app for which you want to edit the permissions
Now we have three options to adjust the permissions of each app to our tastes and needs. These are the following:
- Always allow
- Allow if the app is in use
- Refuse
Well, it is this second function that interests us, since with it the GPS will only be activated if the application is in use . In this way, if we understand that the use of GPS is basic for that application, it is best to use this setting. In this way, if you are not using the app, it will not be possible to access the GPS location. This will prevent us from fraudulent apps that are installed and working in the background, from accessing our location .
So we have one more option when choosing how apps can access the location of our phone . It is logical that this location can only be accessed when that app is in use, and not when an application, without having to do so, accesses it with little transparent intentions. In this way we guarantee a more consistent use of the location of the phone, and more logic, there is only GPS if you use the app, if not, there is no access, and therefore more privacy.
