Can apps access location if disabled in settings (Android)?

Question

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Can the Android app (Kids-Tracker) get the location information of the phone if the "Location" function is disabled in the settings? Can the application bypass such restrictions? Or does it depend on each specific application?

Answer 1

It is better not to block the LocationManager API (this is not even always possible), but to fake data.
There is a great tool for this - XPrivacy . (I don’t know how we would have lived without it at all. Android devices with a bunch of sensors with default firmware are generally dangerous to use).

Answer 2

As far as I know, no, but there are ways to determine coordinates even without GPS, for example, by Wi-Fi spots. Plus OpSoS can determine.

Answer 3

For me, this is possible through the installation with root rights, but this will not be allowed on the GP.