Givenergy Tracking Attempts (android App)

I use the duckduckgo app with tracking prevention enabled.

So I was interested to see that since the update a few days ago... it has attempted to collect data almost 300 times.

That data includes things like
OS (+build number)
GPS co-ordinates
Device Model
Device Name
Device Orientation
Unique Identifiers
Last Name
First Name
Network Carrier
Screen Density
CPU Data
Device Boot Time
Device Memory
System Volume
Address
Timezone
Battery Level
App version
Android Advertising ID
Gender
Available Internal Storage
Device language
Network Connection Type
App Name
App Install Date
Screen Resolution
Charging Status
Email Address
Country
Headphone Status
City
Postcode
IP Address
Local IP Address
MAC Address
Installed Cookies

That's well over 30 pieces of private, individual & identifiable information they are gathering... and they've attempted to collect that nearly 300 times in the last few days.

If you're not aware of this... you should be, and if you're on android... try the DDG app and enable the tracking protection. You might be shocked at what they're collecting and how often.

What was the situation with old app?

duplada

Not sure, it's not something I actively check a lot... I noticed it popping up on the list of attempts at tracking after the update... and couldn't recall seeing it on there before. I have very few apps installed on my phone. So I only checked today because it popped up notification to say there had been 117 attempts in the last 24hrs.

Octopus is another wanker for attempting to collect data.. 153 attempts in the last 3 days.

The only other one is Ebay, 24 attempts this week.

I've had to turn of the app trracking protection for a couple of apps... My banking ones really don't like you blocking them and refuse to load. But if a regular app acts like that... it gets uninstalled immediately.

I hope my app is better behaved.

I suspect it's more to do with programmer incompetence than anything malicious, but you can never be sure.

Rubikcube Very well behaved actually doesn't even register. 😃

Rubikcube I hope my app is better behaved.

Works as advertised, perfect for a backup to GivTCP and I can be sure it'll always implement an inverter restart properly 😉

Rubikcube haven't seen yours listed once... it behaves how an app should behave. Doing the job it was designed for and nothing insidious in the background.

Anomnomnomaly some of it is common stuff, but a few have specific uses for solar eg GPS affects solar forecast. IP address is typically linked to country unless your device gives a faked one.