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Normally I don't like to write negative reviews, but given what I saw and read about this product's companion app, it seemed that I should let others know. The App forces you to allow a "VPN" connection which basically allows your phone to talk to the recorder and "VPN" to the company using your phones data connection. I was wondering why this and "Location" on your phone were mandatory for the app to run just to get videos off from the device I paid for. It turns out that if you read the privacy policy, this app not only grabs identifying information from your phone (like the IEMI, etc) but wants to see the amount/what youre doing with your own device. Telemetry is one thing, but forced data grabbing is another. The more the app was stopped and started, the more permissions it required in order to run. For instance, the first time it runs, it pushes you to allow the VPN. Allowed it, then ran again. When running again, it wouldn't allow the software to run with out granting it location permission. But I don't want to do that. Doesn't matter, app won't run with out location access. Just for connecting to my unit to get MY videos on MY device?? Finally, the privacy policy delivers a subtle threat saying "Well, if you don't give us all the data we want, then you can't use any of the advanced functions". While a lot of people may not care about this, the practice of forced data grabbing is becoming more prevalent and it would be nice if a well respected company like Anker (Who was one of the few companies I could actually trust up until now) would respect the users.