SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Ever feel like your phone is listening to you? Like when you talk about something aloud, and suddenly your web browser serves you ads for what you were talking about? Well, a lawsuit filed Wednesday against Amazon alleges the e-commerce giant has been using consumers phones to get information about them. […]
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The mobile site would have been fine since it’s not an app that would have those local permissions, unless your browser had a popup like “Allow Amazon.com to access your location” and you clicked yes. (e.g. to autofill your address)
This SDK was code embedded in apps by developers. Think of it as part of the app itself. If the app didn’t have permission to use your GPS, neither did Amazon’s code embedded inside the app.
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New Amazon pickup lockers now require the app to access location and nearby devices. It used to be such that Amazon would just give you a pin that would open the locker.
I had to download the app and enable these permissions to get my package out of a locker. It felt gross and took twice as long. I deleted the app as soon as I was done.
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By that same reasoning neither should Uber. It’s just a convenience of not having to fill it out manually.