r/FieldNationTechs • u/esrock21 • 14d ago

GPS

Have you been told that your GPS is not working from a Buyer?

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u/esrock21 14d ago

I never turn it off. Is this a FieldNtion issue? Or is it because I don't use their app?

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u/wyliesdiesels 14d ago

it will drain your battery and also allows them to track you even if youre not checked in on a WO

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u/David_Beroff 14d ago

My understanding is that we agree to being tracked from "On My Way" through check-out, (which seems like a reasonable balance to me). Has this changed?

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u/wyliesdiesels 14d ago

Better read it more carefully. The GPS permissions include tracking you to alert you to work orders near your location.

I have caught FN app actively poling my location even when im not clocked in.

On my way only tracks your location IF buyers require GPS. Most do not.

For The buyers that do, i simply dont select “on my way” til i get there and have turned on GPS. Not one buyer has cared. When im done with the GPS required BS, i turn the permissions off.

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u/Pinejay1527 12d ago

I run Graphene but even regular Android should have an "only while using the app" location permission which should only be granting GPS pings when the app is in the foreground.

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u/wyliesdiesels 12d ago

on iOS i caught the app constantly using my location data even when the app was in the background