Danger Will Robinson danger.
If you have any concerns about protecting your privacy then you need to very closely look at their privacy policy. It's a disaster for the consumer in that this app wants to know everything about you and it's going to share that knowledge with everybody in the whole world. By the whole world I mean Google. I immediately deleted this app and would never agree to accepting any privacy policy like this one.Great for Catching Counterfeit Boxes I Suppose…
Why on earth does this authentication process even exist if you can only authenticate the box it came in. Counterfeit boxes are not the problem. The problem is that people return their fake cables in real boxes, which then get resold. Why is there no printed serial number on the cable matching the one on the box? Or a QR code on a cord tag? Something?Works as designed.
This app lets you scan the HDMI verification sticker to ensure you received a certified cable from a certified manufacturer.
If your cable did not come with a sticker to scan, then it’s not certified. It’s as simple as that.
This app is not supposed to provide more information than what you find on the box of the cable. That’s not what this is for.