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Re: For privacy, you may wish to avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.)

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Subject	Re: For privacy, you may wish to avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.)
Date	17 Jun 2024 22:38:20 GMT
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On 2024-06-17, Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
> For privacy, you may wish to avoid apps powered by Arity 
>        (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.)

In the case of MyRadar, this feature is opt-in and not used by 99% of
users:

"The only time this data sharing is enabled is if you chose to enable
the "MyDrives" feature when you first installed MyRadar. Only 1% of our
users actually have this turned on, but we are very up-front with
telling users that telematics data is shared with Arity on the initial
consent screens, it's not buried under a privacy policy somewhere... so
most people do not enable the feature.

To see if you have enabled the "MyDrives" feature, start MyRadar and
pull down the "Extended Forecast" up at the top of the screen with your
thumb. Then, scroll all the way down tot he bottom of that screen and
look to see if you have a big green button that says "Enable MyDrives".
If that button is there, you don't need to do anything - the feature is
disabled and no telematics data is being shared with Arity.

In the most current release of MyRadar, the Arity SDK has been disabled
- it's not providing any telemetry data for anyone, but ordinarily - if
it was working and you wanted to disable this feature, you can start
MyRadar and tap the "Settings" icon (far right), then tap "MyDrives ->
Delete My Account" and that will discontinue the feature and delete your
data."

<https://www.reddit.com/r/MyRadar/comments/1dbt8l6/comment/l7yjeb3/>

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For privacy, you may wish to avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.) Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-17 18:22 +0000
  Re: For privacy, you may wish to avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-06-17 22:38 +0000
  Re: ..avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.) bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2024-06-18 07:09 -0400
    Re: ..avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.) Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2024-06-19 08:31 +1200
    Re: ..avoid apps powered by Arity (GasBuddy, Life360, MyRadar, etc.) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-19 16:41 +0000

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