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I got one of those "safe driver" transceivers to save money on insurance. It required an app, which I figured would be like a simple bridge that uploads the data from the device to the server.
Holy mackerel, was it full of additional spyware. I was already a little uneasy sending driving data to a private company, but this would potentially be sending constant phone tracking. No thanks!
I mean it uses location and acceleration info for driving habits. What did you expect?
Oh it gets worse than just that. I did the same for a while, and when we first started the permissions that app wanted were reasonable considering what it does.
We dropped it and took the higher rate earlier this year once the app started asking for a lot more permissions, like biometric and health data to "verify if we're walking or driving".
“nah I broke the speed limit on foot”
In a parking lot that’s entirely possible