Security News > 2020 > February > Android 11 to clamp down on background location access

With Android 11 in the works, Google finds itself having to refine location access once again by announcing a lock on how apps access location even when they have general access permission.

The problem is apps that continue to track device location even when they are not being used, otherwise known as background access - something users only acquired some granular control over in Android 10 last year.

In theory, Android 10 tamed this by allowing apps to access location only when they're being used rather than all the time, curtailing background access.

As we took a closer look at background location usage, we found that many of the apps that requested background location didn't actually need it.

Google's new approach in Android 11 is to assess background access as part of the app approval process.

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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/02/25/android-11-to-clamp-down-on-background-location-access/