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I disagree. The number of Android phones in existence is evidence of how important it is to have affordable tech.

• Findecanor 5y ago
  Indeed. Second, most people don't actually realise how bad it really is.
  • tiborsaas 5y ago
    How bad it really is?
    • sam_goody 5y ago
      (assuming you are on Android) Google's algorithm knows you opened your browser. They almost certainly know what page you opened and how long you have been on it [on chromium, everything typed in URL bar is sent to them]. They probably know that you asked the above question. If it is a cheap android phone (or even if not, if it uses Rockchip chips, if it is a Xiaomi and likely if it is a Oppo) then at least one Chinese corporation, with ties to a very sophisticated gov apparatus knows it as well. Considering how many permissions they allow each app to receive (esp. on older versions, which are the majority of users) other apps likely know it as well. I have a Samsung, and there are lots of clues that they know everything I type and a lot of what I say as well. Probably other actors as well, since a porous pail will leak...