Description of the issue:
According to the wiki, Brave only requests the location if some website requests it. Since the latest update though, Brave asks for location permission even when started without loading a website. How come?
Reproduces how often:
Everytime.
Brave Version(See the About Brave page in Settings):
1.2.0
Mobile Device details
OnePlus One - LineageOS 16.0
In my case it does not ask me for location almost at any time and in the cases that it has done it I have not been able to confirm due to the existing problem that the pop-up window is frozen.
Of course you won’t get a location request dialog if you accepted or denied location access by Brave. Like @seth123 I’m running LineageOS which has the Trust feature and depending on configuration may ask and inform you about the requests even if Brave got the location permission.
I insist, I cannot confirm or deny website push notifications, nor confirm or deny website placement request, Due to the freezing of the dedicated popup window.
I’ve got another detail which I didn’t recognize before. The LineageOS Privacy Guard is specifying the type of location permission requested as “Scan Wi-Fi networks”. That’s the explanation why the steps to reproduce as described by @seth123 are related to Wi-Fi activation.
To give some “evidence” and finally get a response by some Brave developer I’m providing a screenshot…
Looks like this thread is going to be closed automatically tomorrow.
I have escalated the issue to GitHub. We should be able to continue discussing this issue there.