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The app requires you to always allow them to track your location. It seemed like an interesting app till I found that out. I probably won't open it back up unti
by whymsicalburito 9y ago
The app requires you to always allow them to track your location. It seemed like an interesting app till I found that out. I probably won't open it back up until I hear that they change this.
- slackoverflower 9y agoMost android apps force you to give them the permission to get your location at any time, when installing the app. Heck, I am sure if you're using iOS there are apps getting your location all the time too. Kinda pointless to stop a simple app getting your location when you have Google and Facebook obviously selling it to the highest bidder.
- saagarjha 9y agoiOS 11 has an option to disable this even when the app explicitly says they only support background location access.
- macns 9y agoNobody is forcing the participants to stay, of course, but if they leave, they won’t be paid — their movements are being tracked with geolocation. You have to be there to get paid, and that is a good way for them to know you actually are. Is there any other way I wonder .. EDIT: did you mean that the app should turn off tracking when you're not "working"? then you're right but maybe it is due to software or hardware limitations.
- Clubber 9y agoPeople will get a cheap throw-away Android phone, install the app, sign up, turn on tracking, then hide the phone somewhere near the restaurant, then go do their daily chores. Under the stand up ashtray is probably best, no one will look under there. Not that I would condone such a thing.
- notyourwork 9y agoI suspect for what they pay this would be extremely inefficient with much more hastle free ways to make money. Just my opinion though.
- owenversteeg 9y agoSadly I imagine the GPS or cell data reception under the ashtray is subpar. The app might also check accelerometer data to check that the phone is slightly moving, or buzz the user after a few minutes.
- cakedoggie 9y agoThat is trivially easy to detect.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoIs there anything from stopping someone having a backpack full of phones and pretending to be the whole crowd. Okay, they'll probably work that out pretty quick and ban you. But three or four accounts you might get away with?
- throwaway91111 9y agoMostly backpacks full of phones likely cost more than each phone could net you.
- rjeli 9y agoMost bitcoin mining rig costs more than it mines (per day? week?)
- herpdorplarp 9y agoYou should probably count your blessings if the asymptotic behaviour is better than break-even.
- komali2 9y agoI know for a fact I've seen GPS spoofing apps, at least for android.
- icebraining 9y agoThere are other ways besides GPS, though. With enough permissions, they can track you using the Wifi APs and cellphone towers around you. A cute way would be to tell you to connect to the Internet using the restaurant's Wifi, and then they'd detect the IP of the connection your phone was making to their servers.