You’re right, but you can’t use the word ‘scam’ for it. It’s an avenue that should be explored fully and may or may not lead somewhere. A scam would imply it’s a conspiracy where the players already know the unsuccessful end result, but are hiding it and using funding or similar for other end purposes.
You can choose om the software if you want location services or not, but everyone leaves it on. This is what is leaked. If you turn it off it doesn’t report in location centrally at all.