cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16216017
My grocery store wants to know my BMI
If they were interested in my location they could request location data. What are the odds they are doing this to directly market products to people based on health data?
Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”
Of course, yes they do. This appears to be one more layer on top of it. And surely they wouldn’t share that information with the pharmacy, right?
iOS ... ok that makes sense for the made for stupid people but... Does the application control the subtext of the permissions request? If location is NOT included in that category, then Apple has made a grave mistake of allowing app makers to openly lie to users...
BTW, a mismatch in permissions could be because the app was made with a common build tool that doesn't understand (or maybe the app developer themselves failed to understand) that it could request location by itself.
... Or they really are trying to harvest more info than they want to admit... but then I ask ... Why is it on Apple's closed app store if it's lying to users? (because Apple also doesn't care. they just want to appear to care)
The top comment in the thread this one is cross posted from has a plausible reason for it if it is an app and genuine
I don't know how to check crossposts in this app.