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pretty neat stuff

love this for the hip and happenin’ drops! really hoping one day they do a sick deal with WB to get some ltd edition HP merch, that would be magical

Privacy risk and poor user interface without a gmail account

If you do NOT want privacy and enjoy letting these guys read the contents of your private emails, this is the app for you!

Very rarely do I see an app that wants access to scan the personal contents of your email account (this app wants your gmail account, and all the other email accounts your gmail account is linked to, they really don’t want another email address, and will keep nagging you for gmail until you give it). Don’t have a gmail account? Expect limited functionality. My advice: READ what personal information this app wants access to, and remember that data breaches in private corporations happen every day. Don’t believe them when they say they “protect” your data ... hackers have no such self-imposed restrictions.

Also, the app is very poor at making your order accessible (unless it’s on gmail) for updates, so despite all the inflated ratings here, I urge you to examine this app critically and not to belief the hype. Deleting!

***UPDATE: Given the answer of the Developer, I am even MORE convinced this app is BAD NEWS. The Developer just acknowledged limited functionality without a gmail account, and told me we should accept their “assurances” that our private emails will not be read because they’re “filtered”, and they only read emails with certain keywords linking them to shipping details? Really? So we should make ALL the contents of our emails available to you guys, and trust you won’t read them because you PROMISE you won’t? And what about your disgruntled employees and anonymous hackers who tap into this vast amount of data ... will you promise they’ll be honourable too? If anyone reading this doesn’t remember the Equifax hack, where millions of personal credit files were hacked, or the numerous hacks on other shopping sites, dating sites, etc., and you trust these guys to protect your privacy, then you really DO need to have your head examined. They may be well-intentioned, but they are simply INCAPABLE of making these kinds of guarantees. I am also not sure that the federal and provincial privacy commissioners would be on board with the amount to data this developer requests access to, in order to use an allegedly TINY portion of that data for tracking packages. I will refer this issue to them.

And lastly, I STILL do not believe many of these inflated, glowing ratings on this app are genuine. I can’t prove it, but I just have a hunch these ratings are padded. The critical ratings are very specific and detailed, whereas the glowing ratings are nebulous “I love it!”’ or “Best app ever!” types of comments. Colour me VERY sceptical.

Developer Response ,

Hi there- thanks for reviewing Arrive. We definitely appreciate the concern here. While connecting your Gmail helps our app detect shipping related emails with filters, you aren't required to do so. If preferred, tracking info can be added manually to the app instead by tapping the + icon in the app and following the prompts. You can also check out our privacy policy here: https://tryarrive.com/privacy-policy

One thing

I just wish it would notify you more often and if it actually told you the contents of the package