Google Firebase & Analytics in Android App #651
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I was asked by a friend to check out and review your network and provide my opinion. I was advised to use the Android client to connect to the network. I downloaded the .apk from the site and scanned it first to find it has the closed source google analytics and firebase binaries included with the opensource wallet.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to see a client offered that does not include closed source code and instead adopts more open, privacy centric options.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Maybe an opt-in analytics system for those that wish to participate without resorting to google analytics and so that the app can truly be open source, capable of listing on Fdroid and Accresent for distribution to a much wider audience. And for an open source alternative to firebase maybe unified push could be implemented as many open source projects have done to avoid googles firebase privacy issues.
https://unifiedpush.org
Additional context
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