I was doing some investigating of various browser telemetry using android pcap log. I noticed that on any browser I install bypass paywall plus there is a call to gitflic.ru when viewing a page even when it's not on the list of processed websites in the extension. I can't tell the contents as it's https. Considering this extension and developer have been around for a long time I've no reason to suspect the extension but I'm wondering why the connection? I doubt it's checking for updates as it does it often when viewing any page. Any thoughts from anyone? I'm not trying to run down the app at all, I think it's really good, just wondering why the connection.

[–] 10x10@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, it does look like it's checking for list updates, just more often.l than I expected. I went into the settings and disabled as below and the calls stop. So all good!

"check update opt-in Check for update of version (on startup and when opening options): check update enabled: NO"

[–] 10x10@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Many thanks for checking this. When I used the following setting in the extension I didn't see any further calls.

"check update opt-in Check for update of version (on startup and when opening options): check update enabled: NO"

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