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[-] ben_dover@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

google play services would still periodically query your location, even when on gps only. it's a privileged app so you can't even block it from doing so. MicroG (on lineageOS or calyxOS), or GrapheneOS' sandboxed play services can help with that

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