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Supreethks
Supreethks

Reputation: 607

What does "Hidden due to privacy reasons" mean in Googe Play console 'App Vitals'?

Google has launched a section in play console called 'App Vitals'. Under this section a developer can see the diagnostic metrics like wakelocks held by the application.

There is a tab called 'By Wake Lock Tag' to sort the wake locks held by their tag. I see some entries whose tag is not visible instead I see the label 'Hidden due to privacy reasons'. What does this mean?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 529

Answers (1)

Kenumir
Kenumir

Reputation: 671

Propably you see _UNKNOWN text, when app starts WakeLock one parameter is tag, this is app specific string, Google has stated that these are sensitive data. PowerManager sample code

mWakeLock = mPowerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "my custom tag");
mWakeLock.acquire();
...
mWakeLock.release();

my custom tag <- sensitive data by Google.

From help:

For privacy purposes, partial wake lock identification tags are anonymized

And from the developer documentation:

Leave out any personally identifying information (PII) in the name, such as an email address. Otherwise, the device logs _UNKNOWN instead of the wake lock name.

Upvotes: 2

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