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why does the app connect to visit.rebrand.ly? #827

Closed mailinglists35 closed 3 years ago

mailinglists35 commented 3 years ago

I'm not confortable with that.

peterroth commented 3 years ago

Which app doed that? I can't see this address in my Activity screen.

mailinglists35 commented 3 years ago

android build Blokada 5S

org.blokada.alarm.dnschanger 5.7.0 (507000000)

mailinglists35 commented 3 years ago

in settings - apps & notifications also says version 11.9.0-210107

mailinglists35 commented 3 years ago

apk https://www.pastefile.com/gm8zc6

peterroth commented 3 years ago

That's just a DNS changer, nothing else. Open source just like any other app variant Blokada has; and it just reports what domains are looked up, Blokada Slim doesn't reach out to such domains.

mailinglists35 commented 3 years ago

yes it does. I have installed "noroot firewall" and it reports that android blokada app (only by opening the menus, settings but NOT enabling it, so it cannot even report what domains are looked up, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALLOWED yet to be a system vpn!!!) attempts to connect to these IP to port 443

52.72.49.79 (visit.rebrand.ly) 172.67.167.56 104.21.11.200

kar commented 3 years ago

All go.blokada.org links we use are a redirector links through rebrandly. The reason we use them is so that we can easily change the destinations without making an update. We use them mostly for forum shortcuts, as well as some other links, like donation page etc.

peterroth commented 3 years ago

Here I stand corrected. Thanks @kar, I wasn't sure go.blokada.org links use rebrandly.

mailinglists35 commented 3 years ago

is there any way to disable it? it's quite ironic for an app that tries to protect your privacy to use a data-collecting third party service...

FRooter commented 3 years ago

All go.blokada.org links we use are a redirector links through rebrandly. The reason we use them is so that we can easily change the destinations without making an update. We use them mostly for forum shortcuts, as well as some other links, like donation page etc.

Why not setup the same easy redirect without involving additional third-party entities? e.g., Why not use the same service that hosts the blokada.org website?