telemetry from PlayStore/Aurora apps? (lemmy.world)

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Using GrapheneOS, my main profile has a handful of apps from PlayStore(Aurora): 1password, ProtonVPN, ProtonMail, etc.

I think I read somewhere that, for an app to appear in PlayStore, it must be compiled with linked libraries that implement check-ins with Google infrastructure... or something like that.

Obviously I'd expect apps like 1password and Proton to be "less evil," but am curious whether everything from playstore leaks telemetry, or if it's just "up to the developer".

(in my case, I don't have Google services or apps in the main profile at all)

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[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

Can you? I just looked into this this other day and I didn't see proton calendar on github, it was just an apk you could download on protons site

[-] LytiaNP@lemmy.today 1 points 48 minutes ago

Looking at Proton calendar, it seems I just put the website into Obtainium, I think there's a monorepo somewhere, but I couldn't find it.

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