I don't understand why iOS doesn't allow blocking internet access for apps. You can only disallow mobile data access, but not WiFi access.
The frustrating part is that in China they have the functionality [0], so it's there, but we are not allowed to use it for our privacy.
[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/69k1j8/the_chinese_i...
If the Privacy Policy contains no mention of sending images to the server and storing the images and/or text contents, then ... it's not happening.
edit: This comment was posted before you edited yours.
A Privacy Policy is just words in most jurisdictions. Short of a Wireshark analysis, there's no way to know for sure.
I'd rather the program asked if I want to send the crash log the next time I opened it. I have several programs that do that, and I wish it was more widespread.
Well, it's already illegal, it just takes time to prosecute enough data processors until others start being afraid of the fines and start ACTUALLY implementing GDPR.
You can be paranoid, but then you shouldn't have a cell phone at all, let alone an always-connected smartphone.
The app description says “images are all processed on device and nothing is sent to any server” but the app’s privacy policy talks about first- and third-party collection of potentially PII.
> The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.
> I want to inform you that whenever you use my Service, in a case of an error in the app I collect data [...]. This [data] may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, [...], the configuration of the app when utilizing my Service, [..], and other statistics.
Could an error log dump the strings it detected in my images and send them off to this third-party for instance?
I assume everything here exists with the best intentions, but I worry about using an app like this to scan and analyze all my images when there are a host of exceptions in the privacy policy.