Some serious privacy concerns
Some serious privacy concerns
Why is EssentialPIM for Android (v4.52) is trying to connect to an IP address outside my home network although I don't want to have my contacts/calendar synchronized with any Google server (in fact I don't even have a Google account)?
At least my firewall tells me this...
At least my firewall tells me this...
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
Most likely that's Google Analytics trying to send out some generic data to better help us understand how users use the app. No personally identifying data is included in this type of reporting, of course.
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
What if I do NOT want this? A personal organizer contains some very private data, so I expect that if I decide to synchonize it only between my Android phone and my PC, not a single bit will leave my home network. Do you remember your "anti-prism" page (now removed, but still visible via http://web.archive.org/web/201603241949 ... anti-prism)?
There should be at least a possibility to opt-out of this behaviour!
There should be at least a possibility to opt-out of this behaviour!
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
Thank you for the suggestion, will consider it.
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
Should be addressed in the upcoming 5.7 version.
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
Yeah, that's a thing that bothered me a lot and made me think about uninstalling the app on my phone, so it'd be great if this was solved.
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
Will be taken care of in the upcoming 5.7 version.
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
You can disable this in the app settings.
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
Okay, found it, disabled it, and will watch it. Perhaps you should consider pointing out towards this more prominently - at least it's not mentioned in the release notes (https://www.essentialpim.com/blog-and-n ... 7-released). Even better, make this as the default value. Please keep in mind that privacy is getting more and more important in these days, especially for sensitive data like calendar entries or contacts!
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Re: Some serious privacy concerns
The share analytics option is still disabled?
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