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Basically any device can be seen as compromised if anyone malicious had hardware or root access - including the manufacturer. If you don't trust your manufactur
by Sebb767 6y ago
Basically any device can be seen as compromised if anyone malicious had hardware or root access - including the manufacturer. If you don't trust your manufacturer, you have far bigger problems than bluetooth IDs in the log.
- dylan604 6y agoBut that's just it. I DON'T trust Google one iota.
- ryukafalz 6y agoThen if you have an Android phone, you have no reason to believe your location data is private from Google, with or without the contact tracing app. I'm not saying this isn't a problem, I'm in the same boat here, just that the contact tracing app doesn't really add to it.
- nthj 6y agoThen you shouldn’t have an Android device. This isn’t complicated.
- dylan604 6y agoI don't have an Android device presicely because of this. I don't use Google Chrome, search, etc. I block all GA,Tagmanager,blahblahblah as well.
- oefrha 6y agoGreat, this “issue” is irrelevant to you and your off-topic rant adds exactly nothing to this discussion of a clearly defined risk. For other people who have made a relevant device choice, the point stands that it’s a non-issue since there’s no additional risk.
- procombo 6y agoHardly. Your privacy also depends on what devices your neighbors use. Bluetooth/Wifi/etc packet broadcast, etc. Apple does _some_ things to midigate privacy risks for their users, but not enough.
- heavyset_go 6y agoThis. My wireless networks, MAC addresses etc are collected on Google's end by my neighbors' Google devices for things like advanced location tracking.
- tekknik 6y agoBut note that now Apple has fake mac addresses (for wifi though) for this reason.
- heavyset_go 6y agoGoogle's advanced location tracking logs access point ESSIDs and MAC addresses. Whatever Apple is doing won't stop that.
- domnomnom 6y agoAs someone in a similar boat without an android, I think it adds to the discussion. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to see such rants.
- dylan604 6y agoActually, Google and Apple teamed up on a contact tracing concept. Even when it was first annouced, the fact that G was attached meant that I wasn't interested. Apple's involvement only lessened the distrust slightly to me, but not enough for me to want to bother with it.
- Dah00n 6y agoThe only option you have is a phone like the Nokia 3310 then. Android and iOS are equally bad, just in different quantities of bad in different areas.
- rantwasp 6y agobuy an iphone?
- radicalbyte 6y agoI consider Facebook malicious, and I've just learnt that their pre-installed app basically has root on my Android. How is that not the story here?
- arsome 6y agoNo, the Facebook app most likely does not have any special permissions. These are typically granted by manufacturers based on their own signing keys.
- Bud 6y agoHow are you even remotely surprised by that? If you are expecting any privacy or security from a combo of Facebook and Android, you've been asleep for the last 13 years.
- ahupp 6y agoA preinstalled fb app does not have any special permissions.