Tor Browser for Android - 2 trackers detected by Exodus, WTF! (reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org)

submitted 1 week ago by AbaixoDeCao@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Searching for Web browsers in the Aurora Store and checking for trackers I was really surprise that TOR Browser has 2 trackers according to Exodus. WTF!!!!

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[-] Kyrex@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 26 points 1 week ago

https://support.torproject.org/tor-browser/security/tor-browser-for-android-no-trackers/

The trackers detected are:

Glean (Mozilla telemetry service)
Sentry

You can inspect them in App Manager if you have root, and disable the specific activities and providers from the app if you care about this.

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

maybe residual firefox configs that were disabled but not purged?

[-] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 25 points 1 week ago

The first tracker is "Mozilla telemetry" probably a leftover, the other is "Sentry" which is a crash reporter, Sentry is not a problem i think

[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

AFAIK Sentry is mostly bug or error checker and its send to the devs.

[-] AbaixoDeCao@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

I tried TOR just once; it doesn't fit my needs. But for others, this program is essential to their safety—even their LIVES. Just one tracker is too much.

[-] dusty_raven@discuss.online 17 points 1 week ago

Tor is aware, and are working to completely remove the trackers that were transferred over from the code. That being said, all the trackers are disabled by default so it's not like they're actually reporting anywhere. Tor has one of the best track records for privacy of any software. I don't think your raising any flags or blowing any whistles that the people who trust Tor are unaware of.

[-] url@feddit.fr 3 points 1 week ago

Inherited from Firefox and disabled

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

What about the f droid version?

[-] url@feddit.fr 2 points 1 week ago

Actually these are inherited from Firefox and disabled by tor.

[-] gray@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

emacs?

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