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> App permissions are granted when the app is installed, not when it's run

This is not the case in iOS, and I don't believe it's the case in android either, IIRC. You can also always audit app permissions via the settings app.

> how do I revoke it

Settings app. No idea how I'd do it in the browser, FWIW. Nor how I'd audit what permissions an app has.

> it still running in the background accessing my location at all times

Apple has a "allow location access only while running [in the foreground]" option as well. Not sure about Android.

> Furthermore, apps update silently, and are they giving themselves new permissions or not with each update?

They are absolutely not doing this. Security auditors would be screaming from the rafters if Apple or Google allowed app updates to change their permissions settings.



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