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Somewhat ironically, given many people's feelings about Google and tracking, Google's Project fi might be the best network for privacy. Yes, Google targets ads

Somewhat ironically, given many people's feelings about Google and tracking, Google's Project fi might be the best network for privacy. Yes, Google targets ads based on some portion of your profile, but they do not sell your data to 3rd parties like the carriers. Edit: I got curious and it looks like fi excludes call data from being shared with other Google services. https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6181037?hl=en https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6181037?hl=en Disclaimer: I work for Google (not of fi) so take my opinion with whatever size gain of salt you feel is appropriate.

randomfool 11y ago
Fi traffic still traverses the telco's network. Unless Google has special privacy clauses in place, there does not appear to be anything blocking Sprint (et al) from implementing the 'what websites are users visiting while in your store' feature mentioned in the article.
- fsaintjacques 11y ago
  Except Telcos cannot link (time, ip) with a paid account when traffic is only passing through them.
rhino369 11y ago
I don't get why Google acting as a vertical monopoly in the data tracking -> advertising value chain makes it better.
- spankalee 11y ago
  Because Google doesn't sell your data to marketers and aggregators like telcos do.
  - rhino369 11y ago
    But google is a marketer and aggregator. What is the difference.
    - spankalee 11y ago
      That your data isn't passed around to multiple companies that you don't know, have no relationship with and you don't know their privacy policies.