Artemis

Artemis , 24 days ago

The Ontario government has had a few initiatives to push smart thermostats and my area just had our water meters upgraded to smart ones. I know nothing about the water meters, but I block the Google telemetry from my Nest Thermostat (unrelated to the gov't program) via my pi-hole at least. By definition, if you sign on to the Enbridge thermostat initiative you are agreeing to send your usage. Not really sure of the impacts of this article on Canada, but pretty chilling nonetheless!

Artemis , 1 month ago

Looks like it has Google AdMob, CrashLytics, and Firebase Analytics trackers...as well as FB Share according to Exodus. While I totally support the cause, this app is definitely tracking/profiting off of it's users behind the scenes.

Artemis , 1 month ago

I pointed out the trackers that are included in this app for full transparency...not everyone likes having Google and Facebook on their phone. The inclusion of these trackers also hint that the app isn't open source, which was the initial question. I'm not sure any of this called for such an inflammatory response...

Artemis , 1 month ago

Day old account with tonnes of down votes and attacking people just trying to help...you are very clearly a troll. Also, I must be a guy since I'm commenting about tech? 🙄

Artemis , 1 month ago

There are other privacy-respecting trackers that could be used for app improvement. At the end of the day, Google profits from the data collected here, and Lemmy has a big community of users looking to avoid this. Tangentially, Google also has massive contracts with the Israeli military that have recently come under fire in the news...just another reason to use different app-improvement trackers if the goal is to truly boycott/divest, etc.

Artemis , 1 month ago

Nah, this one's legit... Crazy indeed!

Artemis , 4 months ago

Microscopic Dwemer spiders!