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Question about the analytics #728

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opk12 opened this issue Jul 23, 2021 · 3 comments
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Question about the analytics #728

opk12 opened this issue Jul 23, 2021 · 3 comments
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opk12 commented Jul 23, 2021

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Does the f-droid build do data collection by default, or without prior explicit user consent? If so, it should be marked with the Tracking antifeature which it currently does not have
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ashutoshgngwr commented Jul 23, 2021 •
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@opk12 F-Droid build doesn't have analytics. Only the Play Store build has the capability to collect analytics data. Moreover, Play Store build only sends analytics data when "Share usage and behaviour data" is turned on.

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ghost commented Aug 11, 2021

Bruh 🗿

ashutoshgngwr added a commit that referenced this issue Aug 11, 2021
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fix(app): add config option to disable SSAID collection in PlayStore …
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…variant

this was an oversight. In Privacy Policy, we clearly state that we
do not collect SSAIDs, but the configuration option was missing
from the Android Manifest of the Play Store variant.

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ashutoshgngwr commented Aug 11, 2021 •
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For reference, see:

  1. Analytics Provider implementation for free variant.
  2. Analytics Provider implementation for full variant
  3. Android Manifest for full variant that disables analytics data sharing by default. It also permanently disables the collection of Advertising IDs and Secure Settings Android IDs.
  4. Consent Notice users see on the first launch, which only enables data sharing if you click "Accept".

In summary, the data collection doesn't happen without the user's consent. For the F-Droid (free) variant, this consent is implicitly denied since the behaviour is prohibited. For the Play Store(full) variant, the data is automatically collected in the local storage. It is only shared (uploaded to servers) when the user's consent is granted.

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