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.
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.
Well. What do you expect when you use a service that are based in USA, have closed their source code (or have they re-opened it again?), are using mainly Google as a server provider, and have zero privacy regarding your phone number (which are visible for everyone who see you within the app and you can’t do anything about it… today)?
Services, providers and receivers != trackers
It’s Google we’re talking about here. Nuff’ said.
I do not think it is a good idea for you to talk about software without knowing how it works.
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.
Pretty cheesy of you to think I do not know what Firebase is. You should know better, then, what Firebase does, and that its implementation and calls are transparent and can be inspected too?
Criticism goes like Genuine>none>blind
If Signal now are fully E2EE where nothing is logged, not even metadatas, then why do Signal use Firebase?
Why do you not inspect the intents and calls made to Firebase, since Signal is open source? If you can prove it, feel free to generate valid criticism instead of taking blindfolded shots.
This post is not valid criticism of Signal, as much as I have felt spited by Cloudflare use in Signal.
I can’t since I am only a web programmer. Instead, I gather information from valid sources and listen to what other people say.
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’.
The burden of claim initially was on OP, not me. I am still the responder technically.
well then, we should wait for a good explanation ;)
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Im not affirming nothing, i was using signal too, just think it’s wierd i found yesterday those firebase trackers on an “open source” also google store doesn’t talk about those hidden trackers on signal page when you download signal on play store / Aurora store
