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I think I'm going to have to go against the norm here and come out as anti bitchat.

Correct me if I got any points wrong.

A billionaire made a "mesh" chat app marketed as independent of the internet.

The range of the mesh is absolutely fucking useless so they added internet chat so you don't uninstall immediately.

The gimmick mesh with useless range means you must keep precise location enabled at all times. This isn't just coordinates but also the ability to log every bluetooth device nearby you.

The major news media keeps writing articles about how downloads of it spike after the internet is shut off in a country. (Think about this for 30 seconds please)

How am I the first person to say this looks like a honeypot? Uninstalled.
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Brisket 4d ago

I've never run bitchat at home because of this screen. Why force me to turn accurate location services on? 🚩

I have bitchat installed on the offchance that it may be entertaining if not useful in the future. Location services are disabled for it, so I'd have to manually enable them beforehand.

The Bluetooth dream was initially sold to me at university as enabling a decentralised mesh network. Devices just talked to each other & we laughed at any privacy concerns as being insignificant.

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Bill Cypher 4d ago

It is partially because android treats Bluetooth as a location service in permissions. One toggle gps and Bluetooth access for this app yes or no.

It makes sense in the sense that gps and Bluetooth can both be used to determine your physical location. It makes no sense in the sense that I don't want to have to allow gps access to an app to configure my noise cancelling headphones.

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Brisket 4d ago

It's been a while since I ran Google Android. That sounds like a feature that benefits Google more than users. Fuck Google but I'll keep bitchat installed & locked.