cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/35049920
The latest update for the popular Nova Launcher app includes Facebook Ads and Google AdMob.
Compare 8.2.4: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/698198/
With 8.1.6: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/673643/
From 2 trackers to 6 trackers. From 30 permissions to 36. And two of the “trackers” are for ad stuff, like Facebook Ads.
I believe the owner also changed. It’s no longer Branch, but something called Instabridge Sweden.
It got sold to a new company and the original dev left…they can just release it under a new license if they want, so whatever license it once was released under could be irrelevant when they did a new release/update.
Wrong, this can’t block forks of libre software.
Yeah but that means users need to go get a different launcher (technically, since it’s a fork to a new project) than the one that they have installed. The already installed launcher will just continue with a new license.
Wrong, F-Droid offical repos block this attack and malware.
Can’t cry over this if your apps are malware from the start, so first check license files now.