On 10.06.2014, at 05:24 , Garvan Keeley <[email protected]> wrote: > I notice Wigle stores its sqlite db in a public location, is there any reason > we don't do that for stumbler? If someone has a db problem, they could send > the db file for repair, or they can use this file in ways that are > independent of our app if they so choose to do so. > When I am developing on the app, I switch the storage location so I can see > what is happening on the db side, I certainly find it useful.
I’ve talked to Garvan a bit on IRC. To repeat this here: Our current assumption is that the database contains very personal data about the user. It’s a detailed track record of where someone went. So we want to prevent any other app on the device to get to this data. We’d also like to avoid backing this data up or sending it to any other cloud service (like Google Drive / Dropbox) in its plain text form, as that would potentially allow these services to get to this data. That said, it should be possible to export the database from the device. But this should be an explicit user action, where the user decides when and how to share this data. Hanno _______________________________________________ dev-geolocation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
