@Giiba said in Is Ubports still phoning home?:
Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand this there are two things the OS does to 'phone home':
1 - a connectivity check which would include a browser user-agent string
I don't think that is happening (it doesn't seem to be what @Flohack refers to above), but, if so, that's also bad.
Separate telemetry to check "connectivity?" Why would that be necessary?
@Giiba said in Is Ubports still phoning home?:
2 - phone model and os version/channel - because it needs this info get the right files to do OTA updates
Yes, but that is not the issue -- there is separate telemetry that regularly phones home.
@Giiba said in Is Ubports still phoning home?:
I guess one isn't opt in, but is kinda necessary for a connected device OS,
Why is it necessary for the Ubports folks to regularly do a "connectivity" check?
@Giiba said in Is Ubports still phoning home?:
and two is opt-in. It sounds like Ubports keeps a simple record of the above info.
The fact that they keep that information and how they use it is yet another issue.
Of course, there would be no issue if they didn't record nor keep the information in the first place.
@Giiba said in Is Ubports still phoning home?:
The website should not be confused with the phoning home. That's a separate issue.
Nobody is confusing the website with the phoning home, but the website form is part of the larger issue involving an apparent disregard for privacy/security. Why must contributors give their full name and date of birth?