Re:FTC Investigating Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot
by Zagill on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:09AM
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Wait, what? An app can't get access to Bluetooth without also getting my location? That seems like a bit of an oversight
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Re:FTC Investigating Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot
by treis on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:19AM
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Other way around. An app with Bluetooth/Wifi access can determine your approximate location by seeing what devices are nearby. So the OS asks you to grant location permissions since, in effect, that is what you're granting the app.