Question about Smartphone Apps

[@Lunker]

Reading about Juls' smartphone App for radar.....

Many of the apps I look at require, as part of their Terms & Conditions, allowing the App provider to know your geographic location, make calls on your account, etc.

1) Has this stopped you from loading Apps?

2) After loading Apps, have you ever had trouble with these kinds of things?

[perchjerker]

I let some know my location. it can be very handy

but I am not sure I know what you mean about making calls?

[@Lunker]

Red Cross First Aid App:

"This application has access to the following:
Services that cost you money:
directly call phone numbers
Your location:
coarse (network-based) location
Network communication"

[perchjerker]

Originally Posted by @Lunker

Red Cross First Aid App:

"This application has access to the following:
Services that cost you money:
directly call phone numbers
Your location:
coarse (network-based) location
Network communication"

ok I have no idea about that one or what it is for

the ones that use location that I have are google maps, weather.com, my radar these are all location based apps

[locomoto]

In my opinion these handy Apps are nothing but a handy way for some third party to harvest data from unsuspecting people. I personally shy away from this sort of thing.

[Juls]

You can decide if you want to allown an app to know your location.

I only allow it for the RadarScope, Navionics, and Facebook Apps.

I have not had any problems with allowing it to know where I am.

Juls

[fishing4eyes]

Weather Bug knows where I am. It has warmed me a few times that I need to get off the water before the storm hits.

What is meant by it uses my phone to make calls.