Since the app uses crowd sourcing at least in part to provide responses, there likely will be some answers that take longer anyway. I doubt that they would prioritize people who leave location services on, but of course it's possible.
I wouldn't worry too much about leaving location services on from a security standpoint. The data is likely anonymized and used for purposes like analytics. I just tend to turn location services off where there is no tangible benefit to the user, and in the case of Tap Tap See I don't believe there is. Grant On 2013-01-27, at 4:04 PM, "Eileen Misrahi" <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I decided to uninstall and then install the app again in order not to select > "location services" on. It appears to me that the responses are somewhat > slower than when the "location services" was turned on. However, I rather > put up with the slower responsiveness, if it protects me. Has others seen a > difference in the response rate when "location services" is turned off. I am > just curious, as I can live with it. > > Thanks. > > Eileen > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Vicky Collins > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:42 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Tap Tap See Privacy Statement > > Looks like you may be right. They have a twitter account which I found at: > > https://mobile.twitter.com/taptapsee > > > And, if one reads through the tweets there, they indicate a combination of > database algorithm and crowdsourcing being used. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lauren Simmons" <simmonslaure...@gmail.com > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:11:00 -0800 > Subject: Re: Tap Tap See Privacy Statement > > I think TapTapSee is using some derivative of crowd sourcing to determine > objects and other photo content. When experimenting with this app I noticed > there weren't actual specifics given, just an overall description of the > object. Furthermore, the information sent back to me was not consistent. > In Tom's case below, I'm assuming a sighted person on the other end was able > to read the billboard and convey the sign's content. Whatever you do, I say > you make sure you do not send pictures of personal information such as mail > and such which can be used to identify you. By the way, on initial > installation I disabled location tracking and the app works just fine. > > LS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thom" <thom3...@gmail.com > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:00 AM > Subject: RE: Tap Tap See Privacy Statement > > > Hi Grant, Cara, and others, > Do you suppose that it uses the location tracking to help identify where > you are? > The other day, I was sitting in a car, in a parking lot of a store. I took > a picture out the window, and tap tap see came back with "Big Lots Parking > lot". > Big lot's is the name of the store. I was thinking that it may have seen > the big lots sign or logo. But after reading this, maybe it uses the > location tracking information, seeing that I was at Big Lots. > > > So, would we lose some of it's functionality by turning off location > tracking? > > Side note... Cara, you've been too quiet, I miss seeing your posts and > smiles. > > Thom > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Grant Hardy > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:38 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Tap Tap See Privacy Statement > > > I was just reading this today and was similarly surprised. One > thing I > would > do right away is switch off location services for the app; I > don't believe > there's any advantage to you to leave them on. Actually, this > is the case > for a number of apps, including VizWiz. There's no tangible > benefit to you > to have location services on and in fact it probably has a small > impact on > battery life. > > Grant > > On 1/24/13, Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> wrote: > HI all, just downloaded Tap tap see and thought I'd share the > privacy > statement with the list. I've pasted the link and statement > below. 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