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Privacy Policy reworked #139

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@comradekingu comradekingu commented Feb 17, 2022

Not perfect, but a great deal better than what it was.

Chromecasting isn't mentioned.

- View network connections.
- View Wi-Fi connections.
- Connect to Bluetooth devices.
- Control vibration.
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Could link to the relevant code here.

This might happen if publishers use FeedBurner, Podtrac or similar services to distribute their feeds.
- Backups: (If turned on in "Settings → System → Advanced" in the device settings) Android saves copies of device data on the server of your chosen provider.
This will contain private info, including your Wi-Fi passwords, messages and call history.
It also includes data from AntennaPod and from other apps you use.
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Could make a summary of what this includes for AntennaPod.

AntennaPod does not allow any remote servers to set cookies.
The servers can detect the fact that you are using AntennaPod and which version of AntennaPod you are using (HTTP user-agent).
If multiple podcasts are hosted on the same server, the server can detect the list of podcasts hosted on that server you are subscribed to.
This might happen if publishers use FeedBurner, Podtrac or similar services to distribute their feeds.
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This might happen if publishers use FeedBurner, Podtrac or similar services to distribute their feeds.
This happens if publishers use FeedBurner, Podtrac or similar services to distribute their feeds.

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The developers of AntennaPod do **not** have access to any of your information, except when you
- Discovery and search services: When opening the Discover screen in the app, it sends a call to Apple to collect podcast suggestions.
They may store the query, including country (which by default is the device's country).
These suggestions can be disabled by choosing "Off" in the region selector.
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I can't find this in 2.4.2 from F-Droid, and I would advice making it a default "Off".

  • I found out how to turn off covers, but that is very nondescript, and the app doesn't open with the settings, but presents the search first (?)

- Discovery and search services: When opening the Discover screen in the app, it sends a call to Apple to collect podcast suggestions.
They may store the query, including country (which by default is the device's country).
These suggestions can be disabled by choosing "Off" in the region selector.
When using the search feature in AntennaPod, the services PodcastIndex.org, iTunes, fyyd, gpodder.net, mzstatic.com, and podnews.net, and omnycontent.com
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When using the search feature in AntennaPod, the services PodcastIndex.org, iTunes, fyyd, gpodder.net, mzstatic.com, and podnews.net, and omnycontent.com
When using the search feature in AntennaPod, the services PodcastIndex.org, iTunes, fyyd, and gpodder.net

Don't really know what the ones I added do, but they do (try to) connect when searching. I didn't try it on a clean install, so it might be from podcasts I added.

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