Virtually every app collects crash reports and anonymized analytics. Better for them to tell you about it than not.
Apparently my company was sending non-anonymized user data and during a privacy audit by a legal company, they really gave us a threat of being sued up the ass. And we are a MASSIVE company. I can only imagine smaller companies not realizing that.
Every time you look at the app, they share the time you’re seeing with every other user, it’s a privacy nightmare!
Ha! Unlike (some of) you plebs, I live in a very exclusive time zone with less than a billion people in it.
I would guess most timezones have less than a billion people. (Does China still have a single timezone?)
Now I’d be curious to see overall population based on timezone.
I think China is still one giant timezone, yes.
Those were very interesting reads! Thanks for sharing.
It has sleep tracking with snore and cough tracking
It seems like alarms can trigger Google Assistant routines. Alarm sounds can either use local ringtones or YouTube Music. These things, Google Assistant and YouTube Music, they are cloud services. I imagine that the clock’s privacy policy is there due to the usage of these cloud services (along with the rule from Play Store that requires every app to have a privacy policy).
The clock also requires location services if you want it automated instead of manually putting the time zone, which most people don’t do, so that’s another thing they mistanage in their privacy policy.
most logical take. people seem to forget that modern apps are tied into all kinds of features that regular users expect to just work. if you want a bare OS with minimalist apps, install lineage or Graphene and only use apps from F-Droid.
yiu do know that, every two seconds, it goes tiktok?
Since never… Is that the official app? Or some dubious one from the appstore or some manufacturer’s bloatware?
It’s the pre-installed one from Google https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.deskclock
That policy better be really short.
I don’t even, I can’t even…
Good news gamers, it only works if you sleep alone!
This one is open source and privacy respecting.
I’ve been annoyed by a minor change in the stock Samsung clock app for some time now. I just installed the Fossify one you linked.
Minor nitpick: 24h time doesn’t start with a leading zero.
Everything else seems exactly how it should be.
Thanks.
A pull request for that issue is open since April with no comments from the developers. Not a good sign :/
https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Clock/pull/62
EDIT: Looking further into it, the only merges and commits seem to be translations and GitHub metadata stuff, there has been no development since the fork :( - https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Clock/commits/master/
While inconvenient, you could build it yourself if it’s a feature you really care about and don’t want to wait and hope it gets merged.
Because it collects your data
Get with the program! You will be tracked and see ads. Now go sit down and be hopeless addicted.
Since the Play store requires one
At least Google is adhering to its own policies this time.
Helps that they got sued to hell and back recently.
Would rather they just be sued to hell and skip the back part.
Google harvests your sleeping patterns to sell more targeted ads.
Good thing I never sleep.
I also have no reflection.
Here’s some ads for blood bags! Also, hot VILFs near you!
Maybe you should think on that a little.
Even better, 24hr of un stopped ads.
Ever wonder why you’re getting ads for melatonin?
Does it actually?
Yup.
Edit: why do you think google bought Fitbit?
IDK the way it was presented made it feel sarcastic.
But I block their ads… are they stupid???
More like Google harvests your __________ to sell more targeted ads.
waking up to see my underscores have been harvested GODDAMNIT GOOGLE!
Very true… They harvest my nut sessions no doubt.
User is now nutting. Quick, send them some gooning ads
Google harvests you to sell more targeted ads*
everything everwhere is collecting and reselling data on you, me, and the rest of the connected world. even if they give you an ‘opt out’ you are not opted out
