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  • Lobsters

    Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion

    The linked blog post is closer to https://lobste.rs (or maybe ProductHunt) hosting a scary-looking webpage with the words "Hacker News is Illegal" on the front of it.

    Why? Because Hacker News does not indicate that the login cookie provided to you with be persistent.

    Well, from:

    > Persistent login cookies which store an authentication token across browser sessions are not exempted under CRITERION B. This is an important distinction because the user may not be immediately aware of the fact that closing the browser will not clear their authentication settings. They may return to the website under the assumption that they are anonymous whilst in fact they are still logged in to the service. The commonly seen method of using a checkbox and a simple information note such as “remember me (uses cookies)” next to the submit form would be an appropriate means of gaining consent therefore negating the need to apply an exemption in this case.

    I think this situation is much closer to what's going on in the original post. No one's life is threatened, but the letter of the law has been broken.

    Would it be tasteful to put up such a site?

  • flutterfire

    🔥 A collection of Firebase plugins for Flutter apps.

    Firebase client libraries silently import and enable Google Analytics in apps [0]. Then your app silently sends a lot of user behavior data to Google [1].

    Android apps which use push notifications must use the Firebase Cloud Messaging library. I think many app developers don't realize that adding that library also adds and enables analytics.

    For example, adding the `firebase_messaging` module [2] to a Flutter app causes the Android build to import [3] the `com.google.firebase:firebase-bom` Java dep which includes `firebase-analytics` [4]. Once the Java library is included in the build, it starts working automatically [0].

    To disable Google Analytics in an app:

    * Firebase > Docs > Engage > Configure Analytics Data Collection and Usage [5]

    * dart > firebase_analytics > FirebaseAnalytics > setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled method [6]

    * Be sure to check the logs to make sure your change took effect. See "Firebase Google Group > Disabling analytics for iOS has no effect?" [7]

    [0] https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9353532

    [1] https://support.google.com/firebase/answer/9234069

    [2] https://pub.dev/packages/firebase_messaging

    [3] https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/flutterfire/blob/a9562ba...

    [4] https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.firebase/fireb...

    [5] https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/configure-data-co...

    [6] https://pub.dev/documentation/firebase_analytics/latest/fire...

    [7] https://groups.google.com/g/firebase-talk/c/rved9bIBT0g/m/YN...

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