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@piracy Do cracked apps still send data to Google/Android or they bypass them? (mastodon.uno)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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@piracy Do cracked apps still send data to Google/Android or they bypass them?

I was wondering if while using (trusted) cracked apps they still send data to Google, Android, Meta, etc. or to the app owner.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Riccardo_Mar It depends on the crack I guess, but most likely yes. The crack is usually there only to bypass license check.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which in some cases means also disabling trackers. Adobe Photoshop comes to mind - you need to disable communication with Adobe servers for the crack to work, essentially disabling telemetry as a byproduct.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@rikudou That's great. Didn't think about it.