Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app?

Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app? by driverdan on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:15PM (#19274176)

> including the creation of 23 screenshots between 5:04pm and 7:25pm

Tracking screenshots is really creepy.

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Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app? by ericrwolfe on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:25PM (#19274252)

Full disclosure: Footpath does currently collect an analytics event when a screenshot gesture is invoked (absolutely no screenshot data) to decide whether to present a share prompt, and it had the unintended side effect of revealing suspicious account activity. I've already updated the code to remove the event in the next release.

I'm happy to answer any questions about privacy and the data Footpath collects: https://footpathapp.com/privacy

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Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app? by kylec on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:56AM (#19278272)

Your privacy policy does not mention that you collect and store data on when users take screenshots

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Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app? by strig on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:29PM (#19274289)

And publicly disclosing user screenshot counts and times is extra creepy.

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Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app? by cannam on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:55PM (#19274489)

This was the most surprising part of the article for me. I had no idea an app publisher could tell when I had taken a screenshot.

(I don't use iOS myself; I assume if it's possible on iOS it's possible on Android as well?)

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