▲ 128 ▼ Bitwarden F-Droid Build v2024.3.2 Removes Trackers (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by RedNight@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments Exciting news! Trackers being built into the Bitwarden F-Droid app for who knows how long have been removed https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile/commit/f343a2cdbb5895fb518ed963b30c0d9822db2c74 Previously two trackers were introduced: Google Firebase and Microsoft AppCrashes
[–] tributarium@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why were there trackers initially? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's normal to track crashes and utilization to make software better, I don't think they tracked to sell data for advertising in bitwarden case permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) And Google Firebase is what non-degoogled Android uses for notifications permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago Even more, I think it's basically the only way. Lichess app got removed from vanilla F-Droid because of that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedNight@lemmy.ml [S] 15 points 2 years ago It was actually a mistake. They were removed years ago specifically for the fdroid builds, but were reintroduced at some point on accident. Annoying mistake for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's normal to track crashes and utilization to make software better, I don't think they tracked to sell data for advertising in bitwarden case permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) And Google Firebase is what non-degoogled Android uses for notifications permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago Even more, I think it's basically the only way. Lichess app got removed from vanilla F-Droid because of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) And Google Firebase is what non-degoogled Android uses for notifications permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago Even more, I think it's basically the only way. Lichess app got removed from vanilla F-Droid because of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago Even more, I think it's basically the only way. Lichess app got removed from vanilla F-Droid because of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedNight@lemmy.ml [S] 15 points 2 years ago It was actually a mistake. They were removed years ago specifically for the fdroid builds, but were reintroduced at some point on accident. Annoying mistake for sure permalink fedilink source parent