Dnew10@lemmy.world to Play Store Deals@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months agoNova Launcher Prime - $4.99 -> $0.49play.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkNova Launcher Prime - $4.99 -> $0.49play.google.comDnew10@lemmy.world to Play Store Deals@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecoffee_poops@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoHave you seen the network analysis? It didn’t make sense for an analytics company to buy it unless they’re going to use it for data. I know the sesame plugin is sketchy, too.
minus-squarecoffee_poops@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoHave you examined to see what’s in the telemetry data? Pi and nextdns just show where it’s going to, not what is being sent.
minus-squarecoffee_poops@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoYou can tell that it’s not sending anything to azure or AWS?
minus-squarecoffee_poops@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSo I decided to reinstall Nova to test your theory. As you can see, I have telemetry turned off: Yet, the launcher still attempts some sort of network request: I haven’t dove into the packets to see what it’s trying to do but if I didn’t have it blocked by Adguard’s firewall I wouldn’t even know. Don’t trust it.
minus-squarecoffee_poops@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoUpdates should be handled by the Play Store.
Have you seen the network analysis? It didn’t make sense for an analytics company to buy it unless they’re going to use it for data. I know the sesame plugin is sketchy, too.
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Have you examined to see what’s in the telemetry data? Pi and nextdns just show where it’s going to, not what is being sent.
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You can tell that it’s not sending anything to azure or AWS?
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So I decided to reinstall Nova to test your theory. As you can see, I have telemetry turned off:
Yet, the launcher still attempts some sort of network request:
I haven’t dove into the packets to see what it’s trying to do but if I didn’t have it blocked by Adguard’s firewall I wouldn’t even know.
Don’t trust it.
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Updates should be handled by the Play Store.