"warning" means the search engines collect userdata about people using their service.
Example: In germany i cannot use google to search if my pc/phone is not connected to a gmail account.
Currently all available searchengines are enabled by default and can be disabled in the settings (opt out).
For privacy reasons the fdroid community prefers a opt in.
Proposed solution:
On app Startup show the settings-page if none of the searchengines are selected.
Modify the Settings-page to contain a static text:
Privacy Warning:
This app uses commercial searchengines that may store and use your data and uploaded image for other purposes.
replace MultiSelectListPreference with 3 separate CheckBoxPreference so that there is no more need to click on the "search"-setting to see the engine configuration.
This is a followup to #2 and to the "include into fdroid discussion" in https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/10680
"warning" means the search engines collect userdata about people using their service. Example: In germany i cannot use google to search if my pc/phone is not connected to a gmail account.
Currently all available searchengines are enabled by default and can be disabled in the settings (opt out).
For privacy reasons the fdroid community prefers a opt in.
Proposed solution:
On app Startup show the settings-page if none of the searchengines are selected.
Modify the Settings-page to contain a static text:
replace MultiSelectListPreference with 3 separate CheckBoxPreference so that there is no more need to click on the "search"-setting to see the engine configuration.