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squashkin@exploding-heads.com 8 months agoPlay Store, which I’m avoiding
same
also I read amythest’s privacy report and they send data to google it sounds like lol
The app may collect a per-device token, your public key, and a preferred Relay to connect to and provide push notification services through Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging.
github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/…/PRIVACY.md
is that anything or a nothingburger
LarrySwinger@exploding-heads.com 8 months ago
It doesn’t point to malintent. It means they make use of Google Play Services, but which is bad for privacy. The solution is to flash your device with a ROM that doesn’t have Play Services, if that’s possible, or to disable all the permissions for Play Services. But then you’ll receive notifications with a delay, which is probably okay for an app like Amethyst. But even Session needs to use Play Services to deliver notifications in realtime.