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Default on is outrageous. It's clear the average person doesn't know how to access and manage even some of these settings, much less understand what they do or
by daodedickinson 9y ago
Default on is outrageous. It's clear the average person doesn't know how to access and manage even some of these settings, much less understand what they do or be able to understand what privacy violations will continue despite turning something off in one place.
- jonathankoren 9y agoAnd that is why they default to on. If they defaulted to off, no one would turn it on, and they wouldn’t be able to hoover up the data.
- izacus 9y agoYou are explicitly asked about that feature when settinng up your phone for the first time.
- DrScump 9y agoMany non-technical types just have the store staffer walk through those steps, and others aren't likely to understand the implications of those settings.
- brokenmachine 9y agoThey can hardly complain to Google when the device doesn't behave as desired then. They should complain to the store staffer or make some effort to find out what those settings the are enabled actually do.