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This is unfortunately very common but doesn't take away the fact that privacy on Android can be significantly improved with very small changes. For example: *

This is unfortunately very common but doesn't take away the fact that privacy on Android can be significantly improved with very small changes. For example: * Reintroduce the network permission * Add a notification event so your smartwatch etc can subscribe to that instead of requiring full access to your email account * Clean up the Google privacy settings which is right now the most complex part of Android * STOP passive data gathering for giving users crappy services they don't use anyway. Let them actively search when needed.

izacus 7y ago
Of course, I'm all for expanding privacy (I've actually led several workshops to help people de-Googlify Androids and will continue to do so). However the issue with HN these days is that these topics turn into brand cheerleading, where people come out of the woodwork to proselityze Apple while mercilessly downvoting any posts that talk about privacy issues on iOS platform. That's not defending privacy - that's just defending another corporation and letting them get away with violations.