Amazon Location Service

Re:Amazon Location Service by nickpatrick on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @12:55PM (#25445802)

If you're looking for a simple, polished, developer-friendly alternative, check out Radar (https://radar.io). Think Twilio/Braze/Amplitude/Segment/Radar vs. SNS/Pinpoint/EventBridge/Location Service.

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Re:Amazon Location Service by christocracy on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:06PM (#25445937)

Tim Hortons in Canada is being probed for using Radar Labs in their mobile app.

"Tim Hortons' parent company, Toronto-based Restaurant Brands partners with Radar Labs, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company , which provides location-based data analytics, and helps the Tims app to identify when users are near competing fast-food restaurants and coffee shops."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-privacy-wat...

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Re:Amazon Location Service by addicted on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:09PM (#25445966)

This sounds like a lack of full disclosure and/or the app not placing appropriate limits.

This hardly seems like an issue with the underlying API.

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Re:Amazon Location Service by CapriciousCptl on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:12PM (#25447036)

Heh, Burger King did that to offer $0.01 whopper coupons but I guess the difference is the app had to be in use and known to the user to recognize the location--

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/04/burger-king-...

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Re:Amazon Location Service by tosser8475 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:02PM (#25448610)

BK & Timmy's are owned by the same parent company. Hmmm.

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