While I am sure there are major issues in this area, I am not sure if this report provides an appropriate measure of them. My biggest concern is that there is

While I am sure there are major issues in this area, I am not sure if this report provides an appropriate measure of them. My biggest concern is that there is no mention of G Suite Education or districts using Google-branded products (e.g. Google Classroom, Google Meet, Gmail), presumably[1] with an agreement that limits data sharing. Without distinguishing these use cases, it is hard to take the article seriously. If taken seriously, the graphs comparing Android and iOS apps (buried in the actual report, Figure 11) would be completely damning: > Android apps are about 8 times more likely than iOS apps to include very high-risk SDKs. Android apps are 3.5 times more likely than iOS apps to include high-risk SDKs. [1] Evidence that this does not exist would be interesting, but I would be very suprised to find out that large districts have no such agreements. Small districts? Sure, they are at the mercy of the vendor. [2] EFF article from 2015 saying at that time information was shared for non-advertising purposes. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/google-deceptively-tracks-students-internet-browsing-eff-says-complaint-federal-trade https://www.eff.org/press/releases/google-deceptively-tracks...