Logos, please remove location tracking from your Android app. Every time I install an update I have to agree to be tracked. Your tracking software must be removed, period. It's none of your business where people are when they use your software.
the point - as I understand it - is that the app may be used to receive Proclaim signals. Those are obviously not sent to all Logos users, but to those in a certain proximity to the location of the church/event using Proclaim.
Thanks, NB.Mick. I'm not a Proclaim user, nor is 99% of the users of this app. If Logos wants to design a separate Proclaim app for those people who don't mind being tracked, they may. I personally don't buy the Proclaim excuse.
New and current Logos customers cannot even install the Android app without giving up their rights to be tracked. I have a problem with this and Logos needs to fix it or I will become a former customer.
I think we're looking at just one more parity issue here (I'm sure Drew will quickly correct). But none of my iOS apps from Logos even hint at my location. Indeed in the iOS settings, Logos doesn't have a place holder in the privacy settings.
I can easily imagine NSA burrowing into Logos (but not Apple) and locating all the Androiders. How will NSA find me??
I'm not a Proclaim user, nor is 99% of the users of this app. If Logos wants to design a separate Proclaim app for those people who don't mind being tracked, they may. I personally don't buy the Proclaim excuse. New and current Logos customers cannot even install the Android app without giving up their rights to be tracked. I have a problem with this and Logos needs to fix it or I will become a former customer.
I'm not a Proclaim user, nor is 99% of the users of this app. If Logos wants to design a separate Proclaim app for those people who don't mind being tracked, they may. I personally don't buy the Proclaim excuse.
I'm sorry to hear that you're frustrated. I think you may be a little misinformed though, so maybe I can help clear things up. First, the location-based features are built into the Bible and Faithlife Study Bible apps (Biblia, Verbum, Noet, and Vyrso do not request location permissions). These features aren't really meant for users of the Proclaim desktop software, but rather, users who attend churches that use the Proclaim desktop software. A pastor using Proclaim has the ability to include "signals" in the service slides that let users of the mobile apps easily follow along with the Scripture being taught (there are several other features that Proclaim provides, but my intent here is to provide information, not advertise Proclaim [;)]).
We want to make it as easy as possible for congregation members to connect to their church's Proclaim presentation on their mobile apps. So, the app uses your current location to check if there are any Proclaim presentations going on nearby so you can easily connect. Logos does not track or store your location.
It's perfectly understandable that there are users who don't need or want the Proclaim features of the mobile apps...fortunately, there's an easy way to disable ALL location-based features in the Android apps. Simply tap the "Presentations" item in the left navigation menu and change the "Follow Presentations" switch to "Off". If this switch is off, we never even ask your device for your location, so there's nothing to worry about.
Thanks, NB.Mick. I'm not a Proclaim user, nor is 99% of the users of this app. If Logos wants to design a separate Proclaim app for those people who don't mind being tracked, they may.
It seems, at least according to this post in another thread, that the app actually doesn't use the location based services (which allow tracking) unless you enable "follow presentation". I personally believe that the bad guys (e.g. the "services" of some nations) will be able to track you regardless of Logos. Moreover I wouldn't recommend anybody using Logos on a smartphone or pad in an area where such is prohibited, since the IP-packet traffic will probably more than enough to track people for someone operating a national firewall.
But this assumes that the app is working correctly, hasn't had it's design changed, hasn't been hacked, etc.
I'd feel a lot happier about this if I didn't have to grant a permission unnecessarily.
Why not just make a proclaim app for those that want it and let the standard apps work without the permission?
