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I have very limited apps in my phone. And I have disabled almost all Google creepware (except Google Play Services, Maps etc) and opted out of anything Google a

I have very limited apps in my phone. And I have disabled almost all Google creepware (except Google Play Services, Maps etc) and opted out of anything Google allows me to do. Still, I see this in Disconnect Pro: https://imgur.com/a/ajRbI https://imgur.com/a/ajRbI

taneq 9y ago
Google Play Services is THE creepware. It's essentially a MITM on most of your phone's live status information.
bad_user 9y ago
Are you asking me to debug your phone? Google Analytics is a service that can be used by websites, online services and mobile apps to track users. If I were to guess, those are requests made by the browser or by the apps that you have installed. I was also talking about a Nexus 6 phone, with the pure Android experience, not whatever Samsung or the others are doing. I don't feel this is relevant to the discussion at hand though.
- kuschku 9y ago
  The little symbol at the right side means that this connection is initiated by the Google Services Framework, also called Google Play Services.
- nonamechicken 9y ago
  According to Disconnect Pro, these are the apps does the tracking in my phone: Google Play Services, YouTube, SmartThings, Outlook & Firefox Focus (https://imgur.com/a/Ga9Bj https://imgur.com/a/Ga9Bj). I understand that other apps could be doing analytics through Google Play Services. But I don't want that. Whether it is Google doing it (I still get location based alerts even though I have disabled location history) or third party apps, Google is facilitating it (of course I am aware of the argument you are the product if its free). Since I have no way of opting out, I have to install Disconnect with admin privileges (which in itself is scary to me). I am also in the process of setting up a pfsense box so that I can block Google and Microsoft telemetry at home. I shouldn't have to do all these.

taneq 9y ago

Google Play Services is THE creepware. It's essentially a MITM on most of your phone's live status information.

bad_user 9y ago

Are you asking me to debug your phone? Google Analytics is a service that can be used by websites, online services and mobile apps to track users. If I were to guess, those are requests made by the browser or by the apps that you have installed. I was also talking about a Nexus 6 phone, with the pure Android experience, not whatever Samsung or the others are doing. I don't feel this is relevant to the discussion at hand though.

kuschku 9y ago
The little symbol at the right side means that this connection is initiated by the Google Services Framework, also called Google Play Services.
nonamechicken 9y ago
According to Disconnect Pro, these are the apps does the tracking in my phone: Google Play Services, YouTube, SmartThings, Outlook & Firefox Focus (https://imgur.com/a/Ga9Bj https://imgur.com/a/Ga9Bj). I understand that other apps could be doing analytics through Google Play Services. But I don't want that. Whether it is Google doing it (I still get location based alerts even though I have disabled location history) or third party apps, Google is facilitating it (of course I am aware of the argument you are the product if its free). Since I have no way of opting out, I have to install Disconnect with admin privileges (which in itself is scary to me). I am also in the process of setting up a pfsense box so that I can block Google and Microsoft telemetry at home. I shouldn't have to do all these.