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GrapheneOS: Expanded Google Play Services location section

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This allows applications using Google Play location APIs to use the GrapheneOS location This allows applications using Google Play location APIs to use the GrapheneOS location
implementation instead. implementation instead.
With location request rerouting enabled, Google Play Services usually does not need the `Location`
permission for normal application location requests.
Its location permission can therefore generally be set to `Don't allow`.
Some Google-specific features, such as certain location-sharing functions, may still require
Google Play Services to have location access.
If network location is unreliable while Wi-Fi itself is disabled, `Wi-Fi scanning` can optionally If network location is unreliable while Wi-Fi itself is disabled, `Wi-Fi scanning` can optionally
be enabled. be enabled.
If Wi-Fi is already enabled, `Wi-Fi scanning` is generally not required for network-based location.
From a privacy standpoint it can otherwise remain disabled. From a privacy standpoint it can otherwise remain disabled.
`Bluetooth scanning` is generally not required for GrapheneOS Network Location and can remain
disabled unless another feature specifically depends on it.
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