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Re:Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews by Hesive on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @09:10PM (#7309852)
We are using Flurry to track usage (pretty standard among apps) and it uses the location information to show the usage of app by Country and City.

We don't explicitly collect your location information and our privacy policy clearly states that we don't share any information with any one.

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Re:Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews by tjohns on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:43AM (#7311276)
If it's just getting country/city data, you should only be requesting "course" location permission. You're requesting "fine" location, which will give the user's precise lat/long. You might want to change that.
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Re:Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews by crunch_munch on Thursday February 27, 2014 @08:27PM (#7316650)
According to androidpit, they need course location. Not sure how they got this info though.

http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/com.hes...

android.permission.ACCESS_COURSE_LOCATION

*On the permissions page, it says 'fine location as well'

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Re:Show HN: Coderust – Prepare for Programming Interviews by codereflection on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @10:06PM (#7310092)
Still, when I saw the location requirement, (as I do with many apps) I backed out of trying even the lite version. You guys should consider removing that requirement until you gain more trust from the community.
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