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Ask user before fetching currency data from remote server #193

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Zocker1999NET opened this issue Sep 29, 2024 · 0 comments
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Ask user before fetching currency data from remote server #193

Zocker1999NET opened this issue Sep 29, 2024 · 0 comments

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Because I was in a remote location without internet, I noticed that rink attempts to download currency data from your server / CDN. Technically, this is a privacy violation (at least in the EU) because it might be unexpected, as it is not necessarily required for rink’s main feature.

Steps To Reproduce

  1. start rink without internet
  2. See that rink takes longer to start & then logs a timeout error

Expected

  • rink should, maybe only on the first start, or when required, ask the user before fetching data
  • at least, as a first hotfix, the fetching should also be logged when successful, so new users are made aware of that feature & so have at least can think about opting-out

Actual

Assuming a user of rink always has a fast internet connection & the server / CDN is always up, then a user might never learn that rink accesses a remote server.

Further

rink is a cool tool & I find it cool that you made it open source. I do not report this because I want to sue you (& I will not), but because I want to prevent that from happening to you.

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