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Caution, duplication of TrackerControl application. (lm.ilyamikcoder.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Lemmy@lm.ilyamikcoder.com to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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TrackerControl (TC) is an Android app that allows users to track and monitor the widespread, persistent, covert collection of data in mobile apps about user behavior ("tracking"). To detect tracking, TrackerControl combines the capabilities of the Disconnect blocklist used in Firefox and our own blocklist built from analyzing ~2,000,000 apps! In addition, TrackerControl supports custom blocklists and uses ClassyShark3xodus/Exodus Privacy signatures to analyze tracker libraries in application code.

There was created a duplicate of this application in F-droid application (not site, all links from this duplicated application lead to official developer pages on F-droid site also original TC, in the application itself from "TrackerControl" nothing was changed except adding to the main screen a filter of applications working with/without internet, which is mentioned on the screen with the duplicated application.

  • Was it worth adding a separate application for the sake of application filter on the main screen and signing it as from "TrackerControl"?
  • Can it be considered as something unkind or is it an attempt to update the original application independently?
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[-] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Note that the Oxford one is from IzzyOnDroid, and the second one is on F-Droid repo, and also called -fdroid.

I don't say you're wrong, just that it's might be legitimate.

[-] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I think this is just a case of one being from the F-Droid Repo and the other being from Izzy's repo.

The latest version on GitHub corresponds to the latest version in Izzy's repo. So, yes, it would be less confusing if they were combined like we see in with other apps.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

~~So am I correct in understanding that the one published by Oxford HCC is the original?~~

~~It seems obviously untrustworthy if the copy doesn't link to its own source code, but instead links to the source code of the original. That makes it possible for the copy to implement tracking or other features that wouldn't be okay without anyone being able to audit the source code and see what its doing behind the scenes...~~

EDIT: It kinda looks like both might be from the same people, the official repo links to both of them, one as being "get it from f-droid" and the other from "Izzy on droid". I would guess that the added feature may just be because the Izzy on droid repo updates more frequently, so that may just be a newer version of the same app, from the same Dev, with the same github page. Just different app version, and hosted on multiple repos

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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