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minus-squareAgreeableLandscapelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 years agoThis is why I use an open source barcode scanner. Not saying it’s impossible for them to be privacy abusing, but there’s a huge disincentive for that in open source, and people will just fork it if it does.
minus-squareseahorseOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 years agoYeah, this got carried over from my last phone. I had installed it way before I got into open source stuff.
This is why I use an open source barcode scanner. Not saying it’s impossible for them to be privacy abusing, but there’s a huge disincentive for that in open source, and people will just fork it if it does.
Yeah, this got carried over from my last phone. I had installed it way before I got into open source stuff.
And most Android apps comes with ads.