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Why do they need to know my location?

We are using Flurry to track usage (pretty standard among apps) and it uses the location information to show the usage of app by Country and City.

We don't explicitly collect your location information and our privacy policy clearly states that we don't share any information with any one.

Still, when I saw the location requirement, (as I do with many apps) I backed out of trying even the lite version. You guys should consider removing that requirement until you gain more trust from the community.

If it's just getting country/city data, you should only be requesting "course" location permission. You're requesting "fine" location, which will give the user's precise lat/long. You might want to change that.

According to androidpit, they need course location. Not sure how they got this info though.

http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/com.hes...

android.permission.ACCESS_COURSE_LOCATION

*On the permissions page, it says 'fine location as well'

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