https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase

Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications. It was originally an independent company founded in 2011. In 2014, Google acquired the platform and it is now their flagship offering for app development. History. Firebase evolved from Envolve, a prior startup founded by James Tamplin and Andrew Lee in 2011.

https://firebase.google.com

Google Cloud + Firebase. Firebase projects are backed by Google Cloud, letting you scale your app to billions of users. Read more Trusted by the largest apps and games. Development teams around the world—including NPR, Halfbrick, Duolingo, and Venmo—use Firebase to ship their apps.

  • airikr
    3·
    4 years ago

    Oh, I know what Google Firebase are. Maybe you don’t know what Firebase are?

    “This includes things like analytics, authentication, databases, configuration, file storage, push messaging, and the list goes on. The services are hosted in the cloud, and scale with little to no effort on the part of the developer.” Source: https://medium.com/firebase-developers/what-is-firebase-the-complete-story-abridged-bcc730c5f2c0

    Like I said, it is Google we’re talking about here. Nuff’ said.

      • airikr
        2·
        4 years ago

        If Signal now are fully E2EE where nothing is logged, not even metadatas, then why do Signal use Firebase?

          • airikr
            1·
            4 years ago

            I can’t since I am only a web programmer. Instead, I gather information from valid sources and listen to what other people say.

              • airikr
                1·
                4 years ago

                OP did mention trackers (look in the title of this post). But that title are wrong. So, so wrong. Firebase are not a tracker. I have only stated the fact that Signal uses Google and asked, “what did you expect?”

                If I have given any missleading information, I am sorry. I had just woke up when I posted my 2 first replies here. Am more awake now after breakfast ^^

                  • Helix
                    1·
                    4 years ago

                    Glad that I scrolled down and found a proper answer :) You’re right. Google might track people using Signal this way, but it doesn’t mean they have access to information they don’t already have.

      • Helix
        1·
        4 years ago

        Your comment includes no proper answer and no content, only an ad hominem. If you make a claim, the burden of proof is on your side of the argument, not on the responders’.