XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: robin_listas@invalid.es   
      
   On 2016-09-26 02:22, Horace Algiers wrote:   
      
   > 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?).   
      
   I doubt it.   
      
   > Why else would it ask if they didn't do something with it?   
      
   Well... for instance, to show adds for my location.   
      
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