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Apple and Google have a financial interest in keeping developers happy, but both have taken steps to limit location data collection. In the most recent version of Android, apps that are not in use can collect locations “a few times an hour,” instead of continuously.
Apple has been stricter, for example requiring apps to justify collecting location details in pop-up messages. But Apple’s instructions for writing these pop-ups do not mention advertising or data sale, only features like getting “estimated travel times.”
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
nytimes.com
Our lungs can hold about six quarts of air, but normally we breathe in only about half a quart at a time, so there is plenty of scope for improvement.
This retrofit program not only wouldreduce carbon emissions, limit the need for new electrical power plants, and reduce household utility bills but also would create up to nine million new jobs.
Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
Peter Calthorpe
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