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I agree around usage of Firebase here because no one really knows what data is being sucked up there but it looks like the intent of usage here is pretty clean;

If you look at the code Firebase is in there because the push notifications to notify of infection are sent via Firebase Cloud Messaging.

I also grabbed the Google plist out of the IPA from the app store and it has analytics turned off.

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Then why is the Analytics SDK even there? It’s not required for messaging

The directions for integrating SDKs are usually something along the lines of "Add Firebase to your Podfile", which often adds way more than you need.

Given that these devs were likely in a hurry, it wouldn't surprise me if they forgot to go back and clean this up after getting it working.

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