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Re:A popular Bluetooth car battery monitor that siphons up a... by x1sec on Monday June 26, 2023 @07:38PM (#36487292)
Nice find. It appears the application is by the same developer [1]:

The play store page for this app states:

- No data shared with third parties

- This app may collect these data types

- Data isn’t encrypted

- You can request that data be deleted

I just checked the BM2 app (subject of the blog post series) and they have updated with the same detail [2], updated on the 25th of June 2023.

I'd like to think my blog post put some pressure on them to fix it at risk of their app being pulled. Doesn't excuse them though.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dc.bm6

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dc.battery...

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Re:A popular Bluetooth car battery monitor that siphons up a... by jacquesm on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @04:48AM (#36490460)
We'll probably never know but it would be very interesting to get an idea for their motivation to collect this data in the first place.

It's a fine line between data collection for commercial reasons and spying. Of course the mis-representation is an issue all by itself and Apple/Google should kill this app for that reason alone if they are going to be consistent.

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Re:A popular Bluetooth car battery monitor that siphons up a... by worik on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:17AM (#36490650)
> It's a fine line between data collection for commercial reasons and spying

No there is not. Your permission is the line

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Re:A popular Bluetooth car battery monitor that siphons up a... by jacquesm on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:22AM (#36490682)
I think you misunderstood my comment.
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Re:A popular Bluetooth car battery monitor that siphons up a... by ddalex on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:18PM (#36494950)
Just to map locations of cell towers is really nice as it can be used to augment positioning of other mobile devices
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Re:A popular Bluetooth car battery monitor that siphons up a... by justinclift on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @06:36AM (#36491110)
> You can request that data be deleted

Requesting is easy... but trusting the whole "Yeah, we definitely deleted that data you asked us about" is where things can be tricky. :/

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