vetdoctor Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Duck Duck Go claims Poweramp reached out to Facebook. This is the first time after having had their tracker blocker for months. Any idea of what's up? Build 939 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Poweramp app does not access Facebook at all. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetdoctor Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Thanks and no dings since. I'll have to notify DDG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdc Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 An app that blocks trackers tells me Poweramp is using facebook trackers 20 times everyday. That's unacceptable for a PAID app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 @rcdc Poweramp (always assuming you are using a legitimate version) does not use Facebook or any Facebook trackers at all. Please could you contact the author of whatever app is reporting this as an issue and see why the false positive is being generated. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander71 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 That's pretty interesting... I just browsed my emails and I have found one I got last year in the 29th of september from the Poweramp forum, full with tracking images in it. (single pixels with trackers in it). Well, I'm not concerned about any of that because I'm a die hard privacy warrior on my own with all the tools I need. Private DNS, randomized browser fingerprint, very strict ad and tracker blockers, thrird-party cookies blockers, disguised third-party tracker blockers. (Yeah, just call me crazy but I believe in our rights to defend our personal data from the huge data mining maffia out there) It's definitely interesting... Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 The forums are a different matter to the app. This forum is powered and hosted by Invision Community, we just use their supplied software. It's certainly possible (I would say likely in fact) that they do provide Facebook integration (look at the 'Share' button top-right of any topic in a web browser for example). This is from Invision's privacy notice, and it does say they do use tracking pixels in some emails: https://invisioncommunity.com/legal/privacy/#seven . Of course any image included via an HTML <img> link in an email, rather than being fully embedded into the message code, is trackable. For example <img src='https://forum.powerampapp.com/applications/core/interface/email/spacer.png'> is referenced multiple times in Notification emails to force empty table element padding, and that link could be used for tracking receipt - as long as you allow images to be fetched by default anyway, which I don't. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander71 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 @andrewilley Wow, good to know. I'm just wondering how I did not noticed it until now. I guess I just got so used to it that I don't have to worry about any sneaky data thief trackers. Thank you andre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmp Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 @vetdoctor I confirm that legitimate Poweramp versions do not have Facebook nor any other trackers. The statistics provided by Google Play is enough. As for cracked builds, these are usually bundled with trojans, not trackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdc Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 @andrewilley @maxmp I'm using the official version from the playstore. The app I'm using to block trackers is Duckduckgo. Poweramp itself might not use trackers but some of the services used within the app might. I'm not sure which external services Poweramp uses if any but the album cover image search could be an example. The fact is that facebook trackers were blocked from the Poweramp app by Duckduckgo 20 times everyday since I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Walton Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 @rcdc if I were you being concerned about trackers I'd run a degoogled phone, repurchase the app via website without google play services, go through the privacy policy of your favorite apps seeing the data they collect, find alternative apps, and scan them for trackers with classyshark3xodus app you can search on fdroid. I hope mentioning other apps won't ban my comment:) Anyways these phones are loaded with trackers in the ROM and a degoogled phone (open source android version without inbuilt trackers into the ROM) will fix your privacy concerns with proper app installs that are tracker free with a good privacy policy. Good luck and thank Max for being moral and caring for open source lovers that are privacy focused. Quick tip on crappy proprietary ROM you can't deny internet permission by their design through the ROM but on a degoogled phone you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 @rcdc Might be worth turning off internet-based features in PA such as cover art searching, scrobbling, etc and see if that makes a difference? But as Max has said, PA itself does not do any Facebook or other tracking. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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