KDEConnect/PrivacyPolicy: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:54, 16 July 2023

KDE Connect never sends any information to KDE nor to any third party. KDE Connect sends data from one device to the other directly using the local network, never through the internet. Network traffic is always encrypted using TLS1.2.

Android permissions

KDE Connect requests the following permissions on Android, for the following reasons:

STORAGE: To save received files and to read files to send.
CONTACTS: When you receive a phone call or SMS, KDE Connect looks up the caller/sender on your contact list to display the contact name instead of the number.
NOTIFICATIONS: For the notifications plugins to be able to forward the notifications to your desktop.
SMS: For the SMS plugin to forward SMS to your desktop and to be able to reply them.
BATTERY: For the battery plugin to report the battery on your desktop.
LOCATION: The location permission is required to know to which WiFi network you are connected. If you use the Trusted Networks feature (to restrict autodiscovery only to known networks), you will need to gran the "background location" permission. Otherwise this permission is not needed.
ACCESSIBILITY: Required to receive input from another device to control your Android phone.
QUERY INSTALLED PACKAGES: To be able to filter which notifications are forwarded from the PC, KDE Connect will enumerate all the apps installed on your device.

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+KDE Connect never sends any information to KDE nor to any third party. KDE Connect sends data from one device to the other directly using the local network, never through the internet. Network traffic is always encrypted using TLS1.2.
+== Android permissions ==
 KDE Connect requests the following permissions on Android, for the following reasons:
-== Android ==
-* ''INTERNET'': Even though we never connect through the internet (only through local network), Android requires this permission even for that.
 * ''STORAGE'': To save received files and to read files to send.
 * ''CONTACTS'': When you receive a phone call or SMS, KDE Connect looks up the caller/sender on your contact list to display the contact name instead of the number.
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 * ''SMS'': For the SMS plugin to forward SMS to your desktop and to be able to reply them.
 * ''BATTERY'': For the battery plugin to report the battery on your desktop.
-* ''LOCATION'': The location permission is required to know to which WiFi network you are connected. If you use the Trusted Networks feature (to restrict autodiscovery only to known networks), you will need to gran the "background location" permission.
+* ''LOCATION'': The location permission is required to know to which WiFi network you are connected. If you use the Trusted Networks feature (to restrict autodiscovery only to known networks), you will need to gran the "background location" permission. Otherwise this permission is not needed.
+* ''ACCESSIBILITY'': Required to receive input from another device to control your Android phone.
-None of the information that KDE Connect can read ever leaves your phone unencrypted, and '''never ever reaches the internet at all.
+* ''QUERY INSTALLED PACKAGES'': To be able to filter which notifications are forwarded from the PC, KDE Connect will enumerate all the apps installed on your device.
+*
-In the future, all these permissions will be made optional, so you can decide not to even allow KDE Connect to access some of this data. As of now, only the notifications permission is made optional.