XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: horace@horacealgiers.com   
      
   On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:02:48 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
      
   >  WiFi Analyzer is a receive only (passive) sniffer/monitor   
   > program.  It doesn't transmit.  The various rules and regulatations   
   > are for transmit power and frequencies, and would not apply to a   
   > receiver.  As long as the receiver meets incidental radiation (FCC   
   > Part 15) requirements which is handled by the maker of the tablet or   
   > cellphone.  If someone wants to use WiFi Analyzer as a connection   
   > manager, the available transmit channels will be automagically limited   
   > by the tablet or smartphone firmware, not the application.   
   >   
   > Looking at WiFi Analyzer, it will receive from Ch 1 to 14, which is   
   > well outside the US range of Ch 1 to 11.  There is no country setting   
   > in the app settings.   
      
   Thanks for checking up on this for us Jeff.   
      
   Given that it just "passively" scans for frequencies which include Europe   
   and US channels, the WiFi analyzer basically shouldn't need location   
   access, and, what's worse, the fact that it *asks* for location access,   
   probably means that they "do something" with it (e.g., maybe they transmit   
   it back to the mother ship?).   
      
   Why else would it ask if they didn't do something with it?   
      
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