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by two_handfuls 67 days ago
The description says it's private, but the legalese it makes you agree to makes no promise. Rather, the opposite:

> We collect information about your activity in our services

Source: https://policies.google.com/privacy#infocollect
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bigyabai 67 days ago
The app is open source[0], although given Apple's stance on sideloading it's hard to confirm if you're using the open version.

[0] https://github.com/google-ai-edge/gallery

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selfsigned 66 days ago
Two (very quick) minutes on their GitHub repo and it's pretty obvious that they're using firebase-analytics and at the very least seem to be sending URLs[1] and infos such as the model you download or the capacities[2] you use.

[1] https://github.com/google-ai-edge/gallery/blob/main/Android/...

[2] https://github.com/google-ai-edge/gallery/blob/main/Android/...

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kaliqt 66 days ago
That’s not the same app as posted which is for iOS.
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selfsigned 66 days ago
You're right, they reference IOS in the README.md and link to the GitHub repo from the Apple Store page yet don't include the IOS source, sneaky.
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kaliqt 66 days ago
That is the Android repo, where is the iOS repo?
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mjlee 66 days ago
I was about to ask if anybody had looked at what it was sending home. I’m travelling so I’m not in a position to run this through a proxy for a couple of weeks, but also I’m travelling so this could be useful!
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