Does the Playstore have access to your location?
I don't have an android phone, but I thought you can give each app permissions?
I would personally not rely on those little switches in our phone settings. I'm very suspicious when it comes to them - as they are not physical switches, a little coding backdoor could give you only the impression that you've turned the permissions on. And honestly, I believe Google has control over your phone at any time.
We have some news now:
Apple has launched a software update for iOS which includes the basic stuff needed for contact tracing apps. In other words... this thread now has even more substance.
The problem is that, while iOS has an
optional software update, Google introduced the basic stuff needed for contact tracing without asking you for your permission. If your phone has had Google Play Services updated recently (and I believe it's done automatically), you most likely have the contact tracing stuff in your phone already.
To check if you do, you only need to do 3 steps:
1. Open your phone's Settings
2. Look for the "Google" settings, open them
3. If the opening window shows some COVID-19 exposure settings, you have the update in your phone.
One more reason to forever and completely abandon Google. No offense but fuck them.
