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I’m shocked to see all the Firebase and Google analytics in there. I‘m quite surprised that a gov built app would include this. Disappointing from the UK (along

I’m shocked to see all the Firebase and Google analytics in there. I‘m quite surprised that a gov built app would include this. Disappointing from the UK (along with the fact that they really just should use the Apple/Google framework to begin with, which will in the end better integrate with the device and thus will perform better from a technical perspective).

RandallBrown 7y ago
I assume they want to know if people are actually using this app and I don't know if building an analytics platform is the best way for them to spend their time right now. It does undermine any privacy claims they might make.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > I assume they want to know if people are actually using this app Apple provides such information without any third-party analytics SDKs.
- AJRF 7y ago
  I agree around usage of Firebase here because no one really knows what data is being sucked up there but it looks like the intent of usage here is pretty clean; If you look at the code Firebase is in there because the push notifications to notify of infection are sent via Firebase Cloud Messaging. I also grabbed the Google plist out of the IPA from the app store and it has analytics turned off.
  - Sephiroth87 7y ago
    Then why is the Analytics SDK even there? It’s not required for messaging
    - RandallBrown 7y ago
      The directions for integrating SDKs are usually something along the lines of "Add Firebase to your Podfile", which often adds way more than you need. Given that these devs were likely in a hurry, it wouldn't surprise me if they forgot to go back and clean this up after getting it working.