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On the landing page it says: > After launch Shottr contacts https://shottr.cc/api/version.json https://shottr.cc/api/version.json to check for an update. It wo
by Fnoord 4y ago
On the landing page it says:
> After launch Shottr contacts https://shottr.cc/api/version.json https://shottr.cc/api/version.json to check for an update. It won't download a new version, but will notify you with a red icon in the toolbar. It also sends home telemetry to help us find bugs, measure performance and gauge popularity of certain features. Telemetry does not contain any personal or identifiable information. It's not used for advertising or retargeting purposes, and is never sold to the third parties. There's an option to turn off telemetry collection in the app Preferences. Earlier versions of Shottr included Google Analytics code, but it was removed in v1.5.1.
(Perhaps one shouldn't use closed source binaries with privileged access or network access. Its a thing to consider. That being said, I use Little Snitch.)
- mrtksn 4y agoThanks, I missed that. Yet, I would prefer to know who is behind it to decide if you should trust it. The app is so good that I would probably pay for it. It's the dream screenshot app, just I would like to know who i'm trusting my private data with.
- ffitch 4y agoI was pondering over submitting the app to the Mac App Store (it'll take some work and work = time), perhaps that would alleviate the anonymity concerns
- Veen 4y agoAlso, in the advanced tab of the app's preferences it says: > We DO collect: performance metrics, error codes, frequency of feature usage; OS version, screen resolution and internationalization preferences. We DON'T collect: any personal information, IP address, text entered in the app. Screenshots never leave the computer unless you upload them to the cloud. (This text wasn't copyable, so I used Shottr's built in OCR on it. It worked very well)