• @[email protected]
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    Developer here. I hacked this app together after reading the story and didn’t touch it since, hence why it’s not very polished.

    I’ve just released 0.2 which makes it clearer when no affected apps are installed.

  • Dran
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    Outlook being on that list is crazy.

    • @[email protected]
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      Most likely, that means you’re clean. On mine, the output is just a white screen with a list of the affected apps… Clicking on one of them takes me to that app’s settings.

      It does that one thing, with no explanations or instructions, so it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that it doesn’t show a message to indicate that nothing was found.

      • fmstrat
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        Yup, Dev replied in another comment and updated it.

          • @[email protected]
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            I did. The app works.

            If you have an impacted app installed, it’ll flag it.

            If you don’t, the screen is blank (white for me).

            App could use a “if/else” type statement, where if none are found it’ll say “None found”.

            • Sudo Sodium OP
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              I thought the same too, but iirc the developer said he released an update that contains this

  • @[email protected]
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    I’ve got several hits, but none of them have permission to request my location. If I understand the README correctly, that should mean I’m safe, right?

      • @[email protected]
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        True, but at that point, every website I’ll ever visit and have visited in the past might be a threat, so that doesn’t really matter too much to me.

        • @[email protected]
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          every website I’ll ever visit and have visited in the past might be a threat

          In that sense, you are right. However, there are ways to cloak your IP address and location.

          Privacy is a massive rabbit hole depending on what threat you are trying to protect yourself from. Sometimes, the effort (and the stuff that breaks along the way) isn’t worth it.

          If location implies an area extending 300 km in either direction, does it really matter? To most people, not really.

  • @[email protected]
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    For the out of the loop, but also lazy:

    Android app that reveals installed apps which may be leaking your location data.

    • sunzu2
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      “Leak”

      Bro the data is being stolen for fucking criminals. Call this crime what is.

      You got threat actors using contract law in bad faith to exploit stupid, poorly educated peasants

      But hey good thing they got nothing to hide 🤡

    • @[email protected]
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      Additional info for the lazy: the name of the company is “Gravy Analytics”, hence the name “Gravy Scanner” for this app. It’s a large data broker, and they don’t bother with pesky little details like “informed consent”.

      Anyway, they got hacked a month ago, and the hackers threatened to publicly release all the data.

      https://slrpnk.net/post/17048112

  • Nate
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    Ugh flightradar24 is a hit. Really??

  • JustEnoughDucks
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    Oh great, the Belgian good alternative for piece of shit Facebook marketplace is on there… 2dehands.

    We can never have nice things…

    Also Good Pizza Great Pizza 😢

    This is actually a really handy app!

  • raver
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    I was surprised to see SoundCloud on the list, now I have to recreate my music list in newpipe 😁

    • Semperverus
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      Or go back to the good old days and download/rip what you like to .mp3, .ogg, or .flac depending on your peference.

      I have several thousand songs on my phone that I can listen to without the need for an internet connection, subscription fees, accounts, or anything.

      There are tons of good FOSS local music player apps out there that you should check out. I use Auxio from the F-Droid store but have used others in the past.

      On desktop, I use Elisa.

      You can make sure your library is always up to date with your desktop by using syncthing.

  • mugdad1
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    i got one its a kids game which i already know it is shit but i have firewall and block the internet for it also now i deleted it now i’m clean cuz i already use 95 foss apps

    • Sudo Sodium OP
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      now i’m clean cuz i already use 95% foss apps>

      I mostly use Foss apps too, but unfortunately my phone is bloatwared

      • mugdad1
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        32 months ago

        easyist way is to use canta with shizuku

        • Sudo Sodium OP
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          I’m on Android 10, according to Shizuku’s user manual I need to redo the steps after every reboot