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favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

www.howtogeek.com

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How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

www.howtogeek.com

favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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They have a hidden app with every permission enabled already and you can't change that.
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    • By forcing you to use a non-anonymous Google Account.
    • Then tying it with Google Play Services on that device.
    • Google Play Services are like a combo of arteries and nerves of Android OS.

    That’s how.

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      Aurora Store, Fdroid etc. Graphene or similar OS. They got greedy - now they get nothing.

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      me laughing in de googled phone. my phone as never had had my gmail address typed in it.

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        How do you read your email?

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          there’s email providers other than gmail

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          On desktop

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          Fastmail.

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      Good thing I mostly use F-Droid (because finding anything useful on Google Play is a pain)

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