SUMMARY KDE connect for Android establishes connections to external servers with unclear purposes STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Run KDE connect for a day or so 2. Check Firewall which connections does KDE connect tries to establish OBSERVED RESULT KDE connect for Android tries to establish connections to pbs.twimg.com/443 , i.ytimg.com/443 , cloudfront.net and some external IPs. EXPECTED RESULT KDE connect for Android does not establish connection to any external servers If such connections are deemed essential, which I am skeptical about, it must be explicitly outlined in the Privacy Agreement. Failing to do so may constitute a breach of GDPR and other privacy regulations.
I completely agree! And it's not only KDE Konnect that does this! If you install OpenSnitch application firewall: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch You'll see that it catches a lot of connections which in theory should not exist and doesn't seem to have a clear purpose. Even Dolphin seems to trigger the firewall, without clicking on its "Network" section. I think KDE should treat more carefully internet connections initiated. Also, support for OpenSnitch application firewall would be very nice.