Just installed Phoenix Wallet. First thing I notice? Calls home to Google. Why is this recommended again? Was going to give it a try but I'm skeptical now.

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Serious?

I use phoenix wallet.

Now i need to look for another

This is where it calls to before I even enter my seed.

Use it with tor. It has a tor option

Wont stop it talking to Google..

No lightning wallet is safe or secure

What is the answer then? What do we do?

You just use lightning to move btc fast and move right out.. lightning was not made to hodl btc it was made simply to move btc fast for purchases. I always.. you online . The only way way not to be tracked is to stay offline sooo.. juat be smart.. kids are using lightning the wrong way they wanna hodl on lightning no no haha just use to mive fast as intended thats it

Oh for sure. Already 💯 doing this. Only for zapping, then into cold storage. Crazy to think someone would hodl in lightning.

Are these all shit wallets ?

Not shit. But not secure secure either. Im not hating on lightning i love lightning network but but it does have its flaws. But it works 200%

Me personally i would never hodl on there

Be careful with fake wallets from the app store lately there had been more than usual

Downloaded from github

Must be trying fetch Google Play updates even though you downloaded the APK. You should create an issue just in case it was an innocent mistake.

My guess is its analytical data.

usually related to that and push notification support. in the case of breez, its not only a lightning wallet, but also a point of sale, podcast player, and can use for buying stuff in the app

Maybe try nostr:npub1mu7nv2jkaq4xausnn098xc8tp3gzgf2w5r2cj68x8dnns0rktmysnsj5cl, as far as I can see not calling g-world but I could be wrong

Im wrong, nostr:npub1mu7nv2jkaq4xausnn098xc8tp3gzgf2w5r2cj68x8dnns0rktmysnsj5cl calling google apis as well… ;(

Oh no! Was just going to check. Damn, whos left?

Oof. Alby+Zeus calling Google also...

No we don’t.

Great to hear! 🙏

This must be Alby running through Zeus doing this then?

Probably not from your phone at least. You probably have some other system level stuff happening. Maybe a check against Play? Wouldn’t be surprised on stock Android.

Breeze is open source. What is it doing devs? https://github.com/breez/breezmobile

Breez also works w/o Google Services. https://github.com/breez/breezmobile/issues/638

Seems it works without but still calls home to them.

We use GCM if it's available... It's not a tracker. Verify. We're completely open source...

Am I wrong to say it calls home to Google? I never said tracker I don't believe.

Yes, it's not "call home". We use GCM if it's available.

I see. Well from my understanding of things, Netguard shows these things contacting Google owned servers.

Blixt Wallet is the only Wallet I know that does not call Google (yet).

Can I get a lightning address with them?

Yes, it is a self custodial lightning wallet, "node in yer phone" style.

You can send to one. Also, you have to connect to your own channels, and if you want inbound liquidity, you can either use Blixt’s LSP or connect to a receive channel.