Awesome
I love this app! It has so many features and I have not had any issues with it!
Um, no.
I don’t want to be that person, although this issue isn’t solely about you or this specific app. It’s also relevant to other developers who engage in similar practices. Therefore, I apologize if this review receives the most attention because I genuinely enjoyed this concept.
BUT
Too much “situational” reasoning for data collection is problematic. “We won’t collect your personal sensitive data without your explicit consent.” However, they collect everything else as they see fit, unless someone legally compels them to collect even more of that other data without your consent. Then, it holds it among them and their third-party servers located in multiple countries.
I avoid all apps with an “App Store” card stating “data not collected,” “the developer does not collect any data from this app,” but their privacy policy contradicts that claim. You should do the same. Transparency is more important to me than an app. There are other apps that do this right.
Examples:
“We don’t collect any data from your device; all data is stored locally on your device only. We don’t have servers that transfer it. This app isn’t made for children, but since we don’t collect any data, this doesn’t apply.”
“StopTheMadness does not collect any information, and it does not have any analytics. StopTheMadness does not read, use, or share your personal data. StopTheMadness never "phones home".
If you email the developer for support, your email address and other information will be kept private and never be shared with anyone.”
“uBlock Origin Lite (uBO Lite) does not collect any data of any kind.
* uBO Lite has no home server.
* uBO Lite doesn't embed any analytic or telemetry hooks in its code.
* uBO Lite never makes network request to any remote server.
* uBO Lite doesn't accept donations or any other form of financing.”
This is a clear and straightforward message. If you don’t have any policies like this, I would delete the app and give you the review you deserve. This is for all developers. Please refrain from using excessive data jargon. If an app cannot be fully utilized without data collection (excluding email contact), it is inappropriate to display, “data not collected.” This is a straightforward matter.
Your sensitive data, non-sensitive data, and/or “anonymous aggregated data” is valuable to people.
Before collecting data, please let me know. I have numerous apps that explicitly state they collect data, such as maps. I choose to allow you to have that data rather than hiding behind the claim of “data not collected.”
In a “data not collected” app, “consent” should not be required to use all functions. Privacy-focused apps must be more responsible.
BUT
Too much “situational” reasoning for data collection is problematic. “We won’t collect your personal sensitive data without your explicit consent.” However, they collect everything else as they see fit, unless someone legally compels them to collect even more of that other data without your consent. Then, it holds it among them and their third-party servers located in multiple countries.
I avoid all apps with an “App Store” card stating “data not collected,” “the developer does not collect any data from this app,” but their privacy policy contradicts that claim. You should do the same. Transparency is more important to me than an app. There are other apps that do this right.
Examples:
“We don’t collect any data from your device; all data is stored locally on your device only. We don’t have servers that transfer it. This app isn’t made for children, but since we don’t collect any data, this doesn’t apply.”
“StopTheMadness does not collect any information, and it does not have any analytics. StopTheMadness does not read, use, or share your personal data. StopTheMadness never "phones home".
If you email the developer for support, your email address and other information will be kept private and never be shared with anyone.”
“uBlock Origin Lite (uBO Lite) does not collect any data of any kind.
* uBO Lite has no home server.
* uBO Lite doesn't embed any analytic or telemetry hooks in its code.
* uBO Lite never makes network request to any remote server.
* uBO Lite doesn't accept donations or any other form of financing.”
This is a clear and straightforward message. If you don’t have any policies like this, I would delete the app and give you the review you deserve. This is for all developers. Please refrain from using excessive data jargon. If an app cannot be fully utilized without data collection (excluding email contact), it is inappropriate to display, “data not collected.” This is a straightforward matter.
Your sensitive data, non-sensitive data, and/or “anonymous aggregated data” is valuable to people.
Before collecting data, please let me know. I have numerous apps that explicitly state they collect data, such as maps. I choose to allow you to have that data rather than hiding behind the claim of “data not collected.”
In a “data not collected” app, “consent” should not be required to use all functions. Privacy-focused apps must be more responsible.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for your review. “Situational” collection is data collected that is offered by the user, including things like: contacting us (this review is considered a form of contact processed by a third-party, Apple, to which our policies are obligated to cover), reporting bugs with our bug reporter, and GitHub (and other repository/code) contributions to our booster store. Unless offered, no data is collected. When offered by the user, data has to be collected to be processed, as responding to an email or review is extremely difficult if we don’t know your email or review. As always, we appreciate reviews from all our users that leverage our state of the art cyber technologies. We hope you’ll re-review our policies. Thank you again for supporting Cydog Browser! Regards, Cydog Browser Team
Awesome
Really powerful and blocks everything.
Wow…
The latest update has put this in the top five security-related apps available on iOS. You can’t get some of these features on top names, like Adguard. I can’t wait to see where this goes. Buy while you can because this price seems too good to be true for long.
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I really like your apps feature wise. I look forward to more development in the future. Potentially making the UI in the browser more intuitive? Other than that the features are easily worth the cost.
