[GH-ISSUE #234] App Phoning home #124

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opened 2026-03-03 01:10:17 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments
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Originally created by @CharlesMason on GitHub (Nov 9, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy/issues/234

Why does this App phone home? The original ClipMenu, (by @naotakaM) never called any URL in the background... why was this added to communicate back to Clipy-App.com!!?? You can understand everyone concern, as people copy and paste, just about everything.

Originally created by @CharlesMason on GitHub (Nov 9, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy/issues/234 Why does this App phone home? The original ClipMenu, (by @naotakaM) never called any URL in the background... why was this added to communicate back to Clipy-App.com!!?? You can understand everyone concern, as people copy and paste, just about everything.
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@rinopo commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017):

@CharlesMason
AFAIK, Clipy has Spakle (update checker) incorporated that connects to https://clipy-app.com/appcast.xml .

The original ClipMenu, (by @naotakam) never called any URL in the background...

ClipMenu has the same thing and connects to http://feeds.feedburner.com/clipmenu-appcast .

Clipy also has a crash reporter that connects to crashlytics.com.

If you turn off both of them in the Preferences, and still spot something else, sharing some more precise info like the endpoint and the payload could be helpful.

<!-- gh-comment-id:344892878 --> @rinopo commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017): @CharlesMason AFAIK, Clipy has Spakle (update checker) incorporated that connects to https://clipy-app.com/appcast.xml . > The original ClipMenu, (by @naotakam) never called any URL in the background... ClipMenu has the same thing and connects to http://feeds.feedburner.com/clipmenu-appcast . Clipy also has a crash reporter that connects to crashlytics.com. If you turn off both of them in the Preferences, and still spot something else, sharing some more precise info like the endpoint and the payload could be helpful.
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@CharlesMason commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017):

I will check it out and report back, little snitch reported it and I disallow it to phone home and uninstalled. However, I will give it another try and report more details. Also, ClipMenu at least the last alpha didn't phone home. That aside, did anyone ever find out what happened to naotakam, the original developer?

<!-- gh-comment-id:345026948 --> @CharlesMason commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017): I will check it out and report back, little snitch reported it and I disallow it to phone home and uninstalled. However, I will give it another try and report more details. Also, ClipMenu at least the last alpha didn't phone home. That aside, did anyone ever find out what happened to naotakam, the original developer?
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