Mobile analytics SDKs silently collect identifiable data is a software problem in Developer Tools. It has a heat score of 76 (demand) and competition score of 40 (existing solutions), creating an opportunity score of 100.0.
# Mobile Analytics SDKs Silently Collect Identifiable Data You integrate an analytics SDK to understand user behavior, then months later discover it's been vacuuming up device IDs, ad identifiers, and IP addresses without your knowledge—silently, by default. Now you're scrambling: Are you compliant with GDPR? CCPA? Do you even know what data left your servers? The compliance team is panicking, legal bills are mounting, and you're retroactively trying to figure out what you've been collecting all along. As one frustrated developer put it: "every mobile analytics SDK quietly collects device IDs, ad identifiers, and IP addresses, then makes you retroactively figure out compliance." Most teams respond by disabling tracking entirely or switching SDKs—but the damage is done, the new vendor likely has the same hidden defaults, and you've burned engineering hours that should have gone toward features. The real kick: you trusted the documentation, and it lied by omission.
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“Show HN: Respectlytics – Open-source, privacy-first mobile analytics (MIT+AGPL) Hey HN — I built Respectlytics because I was frustrated that every mobile analytics SDK quietly collects device IDs, ad identifiers, and IP addresses, then makes you retroactively figure out compliance. There are some solutions out there claiming that they are compliant with certain privacy regulations but when I dig into it, I observe that they actually are not that compliant as they claim to be. I believe Respectly”
“US banks data-importer, www.basiq.io ### Support guidelines - [X] I've read the [support guidelines](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/blob/main/.github/support.md) - [X] My request is not listed as [a very good idea, but unfortunately...](https://docs.firefly-iii.org/firefly-iii/more-information/what-its-not/) - [X] I've used [the search](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/issues?q=is%3Aissue) and this has not been requested before. ### Description Giving that Salt Edge has”
“Ask HN: How to combat Android malware without mandatory developer verification? In August 2025, Google announced that starting in late 2026, they are going to lock down Android to require that all app developers register centrally with Google or else their apps will be blocked from being installed on Android certified devices, regardless of how the app is distributed (competing app stores, direct download, etc). This measure is allegedly to combat malware and slow the ability of repeat offenders”
“Ask HN: My competitor wants to buy us out, recommend a lawyer? My tech company has grown to the point where has become a significant threat to the industry leader. They have reacted by asking if we are open to acquisition. I’m looking for suggestions of lawyers who are experienced with this type of transaction, as this is significantly outside of my wheelhouse.”
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Some general-purpose tools partially address this, but no dominant solution exists yet.
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