SensorKit - more flexibility

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It would be good if SensorKit was more available for non research related apps.

For example I want to create an app that tracks light sensor values to create a mapping of bikelanes with poor lighting.

This doesn’t fall under a research app, but seems like a reasonable use of this data.

creating a way to opt the user into this (via clear warnings that the data Is being collected, and maybe a 24 or 1 hour time limit) might be a way to make this sensor data available.

also clear warnings on the app store privacy page, or maybe even rules about running in the background or at app startup and an icon in the toolbar (similar to the mic) could make this more safe for users.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

3d

Thanks for your great post. You can apply as shows on the documentation to use that framework to fulfill your ambient light sensor data to crowdsource a map of poorly lit bike lanes is exactly the kind of innovative, community-driven application that becomes possible when developers have access to hardware capabilities.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sensorkit/configuring-your-project-for-sensor-reading

https://www.researchandcare.org/resources/accessing-sensorkit-data/

This is a fantastic idea for a bike ride, a user only needs to share data for the duration of their commute.

When filing it, leading with the specific bike lane use case and outlining your proposed privacy mitigations provides a concrete examples.

Albert  WWDR