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Or they just lie to you 'we need your location data to do <sensible thing you want>' (like say localized weather or nearby starbucks or whatever) however they t
by sleepybrett 3y ago
Or they just lie to you 'we need your location data to do <sensible thing you want>' (like say localized weather or nearby starbucks or whatever) however they then turn around and basically track you constantly and sell your data to all comers.
- x1sec 3y agoThis is exactly what what they did here. That said, the attention of the blog post seems to have triggered them to disclose now on the Apple [1] and Google Play [2] store that they are indeed collecting your location data. They got away with lying for quite some time, over 100k downloads on Play store and 1.57k reviews. [1] https://apps.apple.com/au/app/battery-monitor-bm2/id1115492033 https://apps.apple.com/au/app/battery-monitor-bm2/id11154920... [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.dc.battery.monitor2 https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.dc.batt...