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Maybe it uses some that battery API as a heuristic for a lower-power version of the site? Or maybe they have a web-only version in developing markets? Low batte
by yurishimo 5mo ago
Maybe it uses some that battery API as a heuristic for a lower-power version of the site? Or maybe they have a web-only version in developing markets? Low battery means it should query for your location less often to save battery?
Totally spitballing here. Strava being a website that requests battery does not seem wildly outlandish to me, albeit it is a bit suspicious in general.
- einpoklum 5mo ago> it uses some that battery API as a heuristic for a lower-power version of the site? As a naive user I would expect websites to not be able to receive information about my battery state. With that information they can track my mobile phone usage pattern, and with some cross-referencing gain even more specific private information.
- lukan 5mo agoI think it is great that the API exists, but it is not great, that no permission from the user is needed to access it.
- geophph 5mo ago[dead]