Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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if you're a developer, there's a very easy and practical way of testing this without trusting anyone's (not even Google's) word:
compile the most basic of flutter apps or some demo and see if the app makes any kind of request to the internet.
edit: a single web search reveals that Flutter has indeed Google telemetry enabled by default. developing your web searching skills is a good habit for developers.
I think the telemetry is only for the Flutter developer tools, not the apps themselves that you create with them.
that's very plausible, I didn't stop to look into it further than a quick read.
edit: a single web search reveals that Flutter has indeed Google telemetry enabled by default. developing your web searching skills is a good habit for developers.
I already know this, just flutter config --disable-analytics solve this problem.
But there are more than this. For example, Flutter itself doesn't work correctly. It needs the Android SDK (that is installed separately). And with this you need to accept the licenses and other stuff. That's the point.
compile the most basic of flutter apps or some demo and see if the app makes any kind of request to the internet.
How can I intercept this traffic quickly?
How can I intercept this traffic quickly?
Assuming an Android app, this is the app that I use: https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.emanuelef.remote_capture/
If you're building a program for desktop, Wireshark works great.
For me an indicator would be Cwtch.
Its an onion adress based metadata surveillance resistant chat app with a high focus on privacy.
Developed in. ... Flutter.
I don't think Flutter itself has any such anti feature. Its simply a toolkit