[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [Ring] Some suggestions
From: |
Philippe Gorley |
Subject: |
Re: [Ring] Some suggestions |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:17:17 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 |
On 2018-10-28 4:51 a.m., Martin Hess wrote:
Dear supporters and ring team,
I believe ring has great concept with it's fully distributed and
encrypted communication. Whatsapp needs an alternative ;-). So I was
going to give it a try on my smartphone. Well I cancelled installation
because of permissions needed even worse than whatsapp???
# connect and disconnect from wifi? - When rings wants and I don't know
about?
# pair with Bluetooth devices? Ok, ring has a bluetooth feature?
#read call log?
...
To keep on going transparent, I would suggest you to list the
permissions in the ring google play description (like other privacy apps
do) with the ring features linked to it. Clear for everyone, why they
are needed.
Please answer me one question: When I create a new ring account where is
the new account stored in the distributed, serverless ring network?
It is stored on your device (in this case your smartphone), and only on
your device. I highly suggest you make a backup of your account archive.
You can find more info on how to do so here:
https://git.ring.cx/savoirfairelinux/ring-client-android/issues/518
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ring/2018-01/msg00065.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ring/2018-10/msg00006.html
Best regards
Martin
Cheers,
--
Philippe Gorley
Free Software Consultant | Montréal, Qc
Savoir-faire Linux