The location access is often needed for the app to be able to find the WiFi networks in the neighborhood. This is because that can be used to triangulate your l

The location access is often needed for the app to be able to find the WiFi networks in the neighborhood. This is because that can be used to triangulate your location, so they bundle it in with the same permission (unfortunately, there isn't a very good way to separate this, since it theoretically can be used to locate you and therefore you should let the user know that).