This fdroid repo version of this “privacy respecting” app contains user tracking telemetry spyware as reported by exodus.
The app is not transparent about it as it is not listed in credits section with all their other components. There is no way to opt-out or turn it off in the settings.
Be aware.
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Yeah that’s about what a bot would say when someone calls them out as a bot.
No human would waste their time posting this garbage.
This is a bot posted ad.
Its interesting to see that sentry is not on the exodus website. I emailed them once when another tracking analytics product was not listed on the website and they said it was an omission and added it. I believe the list is not automated.
On the other hand, exodus has a OSS app on fdroid called classyshark. When you point it to an app, it scans the source of every Java class and reports exactly which methods contain tracking code. You can even read the methods themselves and see exactly what data is being collected and sent. Note: this is true, real time source evidence and far superior to any company’s “trust us bro” privacy policy.
I use FOSS only software on my devices and do not install apps with 3rd party tracking, telemetry and analytics but if I recall correctly, if you run the exodus tool against some of the Mozilla based browsers like Fennec or Mull I believe that you can see the sentry code in action there. Sentry is a popular analytics company, they collect and aggregate telemetry data, that is what they do. There can be little privacy expectations when apps on your phone or websites you visit are collecting and sending your generated data to 3rd party companies. Almost all of these companies also share this data with their 3rd party “business partners”. So once the data is out of your control, it is virtually destined to end up aggregated with data brokers. Sentry is popular so it will be in a lot of other apps as well but I didn’t see any on my device.
What you are doing is disingenuous. You are maintaining that that you posted an unbiased article that clearly promotes a company’s paid search product.
In each comment, you further go on to include more information about this company and its products. You don’t mention the other search products from the article other than to say they are not as good as the product you are promoting.
This is a privacy community not ad space.
Another user in a post below has already cited one of the blocklists this domain is on!
How did you reply to the comment? You said you did a search, on the product you are promoting (LMAO), and couldn’t find it!
Your agenda is pretty clear, you are using every opportunity to create awareness of this company by calling out its name and promote its products.
This whole thread is one giant ad for a paid search company that gives user data to notorious telemetry data brokers, this is a privacy community so this post should be removed.
Sentry is a well known and notorious user tracking telemetry company. Any company that is passing along any data “anonymous” or otherwise to these bad actors has no business being discussed here. This is a privacy community. You can go read about what sentry does on Exodus privacy.
You take the opportunity in every comments to promote this paid search product yet you keep maintaining that this is a genuinely unbiased article.
Exactly, when you see these type of articles from random websites you have never heard of and who’s names have nothing to do with subject recommending paid products beware.
Its just a poorly ai written native ad for a paid search engine posted by a marketing agency.
Also the domain is on malicious block lists so better not to click on it.
I didn’t say you were a bot I said the article was written by a bot.
You likely wrote something like this:
Openai: write a short article comparing 3 search engines cite a short paragraph from each engines privacy policy but conclude that Kaji is the most secure in the last paragraph and recommend it. It should be suitable for posting on social media.
You do seem like a marketing agency however as you keep promoting the details of this paid search product in each post reply.
They pass your data to sentry, a notorious telemetry company. Go read their privacy policy if you want a scare.
Clearly you didn’t read my post either. The post is criticizing the “article” posted on a domain (that is on malicious domain bloocklist), not the company that the article is advertising.
If I got the name of the product wrong clearly my post is not motivated by pushing brand and product recognition, I am instead commenting on the clear biased attempt to manipulate.
Your post on the other hand takes the opportunity to share additional unsolicited information about this company’s products. Now we are all more informed on this company’s payment methods, well done, very organic post indeed.
This is a privacy community not a commercial.
Because this is a poorly bot written native ad, its a propaganda piece posted on a website that is on malicious blocklists.
This is not a genuine article it is a bot written propaganda piece, full of spelling errors and covertly advertising a product.
It states that Kaji is the best when actually they are clearly the worst, they do record your IP to deliver their services and they do share your data with a notorious 3rd party tracking company- sentry.io.
If you pay them then everything you do on their site is linked directly do you. I.e. zero privacy.
These “articles” from unknown websites such as ioslife are clearly native ads, this one for Kaji.
There is a reason why the other user noticed this website is on malicious blocklists.
Kajis marketing agency has a lot of bots on this platform so it will get upvotes and “users” will chime in with comments on how much they agree with the “article” and provide customer testimonials about how they are also satisfied paying customers but this post is fooling nobody.
Its thinly veiled ad copy, a classic native ad with an ai content generated twist.
Bad bot.
You can do something about the first two points.
Your third point is more difficult. Unless things have changed recently, there isn’t really any way to mitigate your third point. This area is not well understood
Until you get Google play services off your your phone Google will know everything. Its basically a root kit.
Thank you for writing this post. I wont be buying a computer from a company that forces Google spyware products on users.
I will look for alternatives now.
The term has both meanings. I believe the poster is implying that a lot of these proponents of GrapheneOS or other custom ROMS are really deluding themselves into thinking they are running open source, private OSes on their phones. All of the important phone code are in these large closed source opaque blobs, there is really no truly OSS or private option on Android phones and there will likely not be any until Linux phones come along.