Edit: got told by the kind folks in the community that this is expected and the sentence “can access position while in background” actually just means: will ask you for the permission to access the position from the background but only does so, if you allow it" - that’s what I figured, but now im sure. Thanks for the clarification everyone!
Hey guys n gurls,
I recently learned about exodus, and installed it to check my apps. While exodus shows some apps (like bike computer for reference) are allowed to track my position (quite logically).
The strange thing: in system settings it says seeing position is not allowed.
Does this mean that the app wants those permissions but I don’t granted them? Or are my system settings bricked? Is this because of lineage? Is this expected?
Would greatly appreciate someone who understands this a little bit more to explain :)
P.S: Is (the tracker part of) exodus even useful when i already use neo store which shows known tracker? Is this maybe even the same database?
Try https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager you can use Obtanium or find it on f-droid. This will scan apps for tracker and permissions (and much more).
Exodus does not always report correctly, usually it misses things, but sometimes it goes the other way.
The f-droid version shows no trackers.
You would have to Allow tracking for this to work.