natureadvocacyNov 26, 2022
Member of the Calgary Climate Hub and Eco-Elders for Climate Action. I support climate focused media like The Narwhal, The Tyee, Canada's National Observer, and The Guardian. I believe we have to stop clear cutting old growth forests, stop Mining coal, transition from oil & gas to renewable energy as quickly as possible.
Show threadKathy ᨒ↟ 𖠰

@natureadvocacy Those independent news outlets are a great source of climate news!

For those people who want to know what they can do about #climatecrisis there is a great FREE app called ‘Earth Hero’. It was co-founded by @ClimateHuman. Do check it out!

Download the app here:
https://www.earthhero.org/app/

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Nov 27, 2022 at 1:02amWeb
Show threadAmgineNov 27, 2022

@consigningwoman @natureadvocacy @ClimateHuman

The app has *at least* Facebook and Google trackers, tracks your exact location, and your Google Ad_ID,. The permission com.google.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE is required by Firebase, a Google analytics tool. It appears Google adds Firebase for developers whether or not they need to spy on users. (It can be removed via an addition to the manifest.xml.)

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/314137/
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/78380811#comment28
#Privacy #PocketSpy

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Show threadKathy ᨒ↟ 𖠰Nov 27, 2022

@amgine @natureadvocacy @ClimateHuman

Sometimes tracking can be seen as invasive. The objective of this app is to help people take care for our communities and planet. It’s really important to remember that everything going forward will not matter if society doesn’t take the necessary actions to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

The Earth Hero app should be the least of your worries.

Show threadExYYCNov 27, 2022
@consigningwoman What does Google spying on us have to do with the utility of the app? If they de-Google and de-Facebook the app then it's useable. Until then, no way. If the spy data is somehow important t the app developers, they have done themselves in right there.
Show threadAmgineNov 27, 2022

@consigningwoman @natureadvocacy

There are incidents in which this kind of tracking information has been used to identify and target environmental activists, purchased from data wholesalers such as Google.

Tracking is invasive. Not just 'seen as'; it is, by definition. Each person decides their comfort point, but that does not change its nature. For me, if not essential to my personal safety for the app to know where I am located within 10 km, it MUST NOT ask for my precise location.