Due to the different privacy-related scandals carried out by Facebook, users' concern for their privacy it has increased considerably. When using a Google smartphone, we are aware that all our data is known to the search giant and should not come from there.
One of the common problems in Android is the happy mania of some developers of know our location even if it is not necessary for the operation of a specific application or game. Fortunately, Google is still in business reducing the possibilities of some developers when requesting them.
While there are some applications that for their operation it is necessary to know our location, such as Google Maps, other applications such as WhatsApp or Telegram, does not require our location if we do not plan to share our location at any time.
If you want to know which are the applications that have access to our location and what type of use they have: at all times or only when we use the application, I invite you to continue reading and check, incidentally, if any of the applications you have installed is making inappropriate use of this functionality.
Android applications with access to our location
- First, we access the Settings of our device.
- Next, we press a Location.
- Within Location, we must click on Application permissions.
Then all the applications that we have installed that have access to the location of our device will be displayed. In addition, they will show us the type of access they have:
- Always display: the application can always use the location of our device.
- Allowed only while wearing: applications can only make use of the location of our device when we are using them.
