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Comment by justinclift | Hacker News Reader

Ugh:

  ... the application tries not only uploading the ID3 Tags, but also geolocation data,
  which is most likely gathered from Wi-Fi triangulation from windows itself.

That's likely breaking some EU GDPR rules, at the very least.

Doesn't seem like that'd be an accidental thing?

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I would assume so since much of the code seems to have been stolen in the first place

Or made by a contractor or is cots in another region?

Well, they did set up the database to receive all the information.

So they're clearly aware it's happening.

s/stolen/illegitimately used/g

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