Request: ̶C̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶B̶S̶?̶ See comments looks like it was a removed debug tool.
Request: ̶C̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶B̶S̶?̶ See comments looks like it was a removed debug tool.
I get apps aren't free but I would have gladly paid for the app to not have to deal with this type of thing.
Edit: Ok reinstalled the github version v0.2.1+12 and not seeing any trackers. Thanks yamapikariya, very good suggestion with the difference being the github vs playstore.
Hey! Thunder should not be collecting any user data. There is no tracking of any sort within the source code. Previously, Sentry was used for error logging, but even that has been completely removed from the most recent release.
There are definitely some permissions that are needed in order for Thunder to work.
- Vibration is needed for Haptic Feedback
- Storage is needed for media downloads although we are looking into ways to even restrict that to just photos
- Network access is needed for internet connection in general
The Play Store release may be different as Google themselves may collect the data that you are seeing, but in general, there is nothing directly within Thunder's source code to track any user information!
Looks like "Functional Software" from the screenshot is sentry so that makes sense then. Is the version up on the play store an older release than v0.2.1+12?
Also those permissions are fine and totally make sense.
The Play Store release should be the same version as the GitHub one (v0.2.1+12) but I’ll double check!
That's what my scan reveals. No trackers.
Thank you for your answer! Quick, unrelated question, is there anything we can do to activate haptic feedback? I do not think the feature is enabled on my phone, although I do not think I can find any option to enable it either.
I havent looked at thunders source code, but does it even call home to the app devs? Also having a built in browser automatically means lots of tracking but that comes from the websites and not the app.
I haven't either, so not sure if it does or not. However see my edit. The apk doesn't have any trackers on it as far as I can tell so far.
Is this the play store version or the GitHub release version. Might make a difference. I have no detected trackers in the app itself in the GitHub version. The only tracking stuff are in the SentryPerformanceProvider service.
These are the permissions in the Play Store version:
"Storage read the contents of your shared storage, modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
Other read video files from shared storage, have full network access, read image files from shared storage, control vibration"
Oh you know what its in the google play store version. I switched over when it became available. Welp going back to the apk lol.
You can use it from fdroid
I believe this is due to the inapp web browser
what app is this op?