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Andrew,

> So I think there are MULTIPLE things that Google calls "Firebase".

Too bad you only name one ...  Or is it that the one you described is the 
only one related to android ?

> Google Services "Firebase App Indexing" that is on my phone and which

gathers

> extremely private data which is uploaded periodically to somewhere
> by an unknown-to-me process.

Thanks for that.

It means (to me) that if I see an apk mentioning "Firebase" in its manifest 
I should drop it (as the spyware it is) and walk away.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser