DivestOS/Misc/Features/Hamper_Analytics.txt

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2018-05-21 09:28:07 +00:00
It turns out some ad/analytics SDKs used by various proprietary Android apps can be disabled/kneecapped by adding meta-data entries to the apps AndroidManifest
In order for an app to read its meta-data entries from its own AndroidManifest it actually has to go through the getPackageManager() call
This means we can change the system package parser and simply add these variables to every app
This would hopefully make usage of proprietary apps more private, granted they are still proprietary and can very well simply ignore these
A simple app was created to verify the expected
05-21 05:24:44.557 4973 4973 D MDT : firebase_analytics_collection_enabled:false
and it does indeed work!
core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java
parseMetaData()
line 5526 if (data == null) {
Core
data.putBoolean("batch_opted_out_by_default", true);
data.putBoolean("com.ad4screen.no_geoloc", true);
data.putBoolean("com.facebook.sdk.AutoLogAppEventsEnabled", false);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.UseIpAddressForGeolocation", false);
data.putBoolean("com.webengage.sdk.android.location_tracking", false);
data.putBoolean("firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated", true);
data.putBoolean("firebase_analytics_collection_enabled", false);
data.putBoolean("firebase_crash_collection_enabled", false);
data.putBoolean("firebase_performance_collection_deactivated", true);
data.putBoolean("google_analytics_adid_collection_enabled", false);
data.putString("com.ad4screen.tracking_mode", "Restricted");
data.putString("com.sprooki.LOCATION_SERVICES", "disable");
Settings
data.putBoolean("com.bugsnag.android.AUTO_CAPTURE_SESSIONS", false);
data.putBoolean("com.bugsnag.android.ENABLE_EXCEPTION_HANDLER", false);
data.putBoolean("com.bugsnag.android.PERSIST_USER_BETWEEN_SESSIONS", false);
data.putBoolean("com.bugsnag.android.SEND_THREADS", false);
data.putBoolean("com.followanalytics.message.inapp.enable", false);
data.putBoolean("com.followanalytics.message.push.enable", false);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.AutoShowMixpanelUpdates", false);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.DisableAppOpenEvent", true);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.DisableDecideChecker", true);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.DisableFallback", true);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.DisableGestureBindingUI", true);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.DisableViewCrawler", true);
data.putBoolean("com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.TestMode", true);
data.putBoolean("engagement:adm:register", false);
data.putBoolean("engagement:locationReport:lazyArea", false);
data.putBoolean("engagement:locationReport:realTime:background", false);
data.putBoolean("engagement:locationReport:realTime", false);
data.putBoolean("engagement:locationReport:realTime:fine", false);
data.putBoolean("engagement:log:test", false);
data.putBoolean("engagement:reportCrash", false);
data.putBoolean("FYBEnableSSLRewardedVideo", true);
data.putBoolean("mceSessionEnabled", false);
data.putBoolean("tapjoy.disable_video_offers", true);
data.putInteger("CLEVERTAP_USE_GOOGLE_AD_ID", 0)
data.putInteger("engagement:connection:delay", 2629800);
API Keys
data.putString("apptentive_api_key", "");
data.putString("apptentive_key", "");
data.putString("apptentive_signature", "");
data.putString("__ChartboostAir__AppID", "");
data.putString("__ChartboostAir__AppSignature", "");
data.putString("com.ad4screen.facebook_appid", "");
data.putString("com.ad4screen.partnerid", "");
data.putString("com.ad4screen.privatekey", "");
data.putString("com.ad4screen.senderid", "");
data.putString("com.appsee.ApiKey", "");
data.putString("com.blueshift.gcm_sender_id", "");
data.putString("com.google.android.awareness.API_KEY", "");
data.putString("com.pushwoosh.appid", "");
data.putString("com.pushwoosh.senderid", "");
data.putString("com.upsight.app_token", "");
data.putString("com.upsight.public_key", "");
data.putString("FAID", "");
data.putString("io.branch.sdk.BranchKey", "");
data.putString("io.emma.SESSION_KEY", "");
data.putString("net.hockeyapp.android.appIdentifier", "");
data.putString("pilgrim_sdk_key", "");
data.putString("pilgrim_sdk_secret", "");
data.putString("presage_key", "");