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Products => ReaSnow S1 => Topic started by: icex on June 03, 2023, 03:14:27 PM

Title: Why does the Reasnow want our GPS locations?
Post by: icex on June 03, 2023, 03:14:27 PM

How come Reasnow S1 requires knowing our GPS location? I'm unsettled providing this information, as I don't see any legitimate reason it's needed for a device like this.

Not only that, but if we refuse giving our GPS location, the Reasnow app exits, essentially making the S1 unusable without it:

(https://i.ibb.co/Stmfb6g/reasnows1.png)

I understand the differences between "Location Services" (used for wifi/network access) vs. GPS-location, but the S1 demands the user's actual GPS location, and if it's refused, the app exits altogether, making the S1 unusable without it.

Title: Re: Why does the Reasnow want our GPS locations?
Post by: richard on June 04, 2023, 10:33:34 PM

hopefully, this article can explain the issue.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/148429135?pli=1

ReaSnow does not need users' location info,
it's required by doing a BLE connection.