Do you have a source for this last statement? Genuinely curious, the app shouldn't be able to access anything sensitive with those permissions except maybe contacts.
at the very least it should be updated to remove the "spyware" bit from the title. That's just nonsense.
Which part of it? because a lot of the scaremongering in the first page and OP indeed is not real.
Do you have evidence to actually back this up? Because nothing about those permissions actually implies that it is doing that. Nothing the app is asking for permissions wise is "far reaching."
Yeah this whole thread was pretty shocking to me in that I use AXS for concert tickets all the time and on iOS there aren't any of these privacy issues as far as I've seen.
More specifically - I don't think this app does anything nefarious, and the outrage is ridiculous.
You only need it when you pick up your badge. Once the badge is picked up you can delete the app
Outside from business calls and using my phone as an MP3 player, I make an effort to not glue myself to my phone when I'm attending a public convention. When I went to PAX in 2018, I left mine in my suitcase (locked, in case if you're asking) so I could attend to the convention and have a good time.
This and similar apps exist in EU countries. It's not doing anything wrong, people just like complaining because Blizzard is involved I guess? God forbid an app that can give you directions is given access to your location 😂
Done about what? Permissions that allow the app to do what it is supposed to? I guarantee the ones worried have installed other apps that require the same if not more permissions without hesitation.
Done about what?! The EU aren't going to back you up on the premise of "I dislike Blizzard so this app is probably doing something bad even though there's no evidence that it is"
