Mobile analytics SDKs silently collect identifiable data

“Show HN: Respectlytics – Open-source, privacy-first mobile analytics (MIT+AGPL) Hey HN — I built Respectlytics because I was frustrated that every mobile analytics SDK quietly collects device IDs, ad identifiers, and IP addresses, then makes you retroactively figure out compliance. There are some solutions out there claiming that they are compliant with certain privacy regulations but when I dig into it, I observe that they actually are not that compliant as they claim to be. I believe Respectly”

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