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What would the purpose of collecting such information be from a "we only use this for better targeting ads" perspective? Establishing relationships in the case

What would the purpose of collecting such information be from a "we only use this for better targeting ads" perspective? Establishing relationships in the case of "if someone you talk to regularly is interested in xyz you might be too"?

charcircuit 5y ago
From the article: >Google also provided clarification on the purposes of some of the data collection observed. Namely: >1) The message hash is collected for detecting message sequencing bugs. >2) Phone numbers are collected to improve regex pattern matching for automatic recognition of one-time pass- words sent over RCS. Messages automatically recognizes incoming One-Time Password (OTP) codes to avoid the user having to fill them in. This can be a frequent point of failure and the phone number data is used to improve recognition by providing ground-truth based on known OTP sender numbers. > 3) The ICCID data is used to support Google Fi. > 4) Firebase Analytics logging of events (not including phone numbers) is used to measure the effectiveness of app download promotions (for Messages and Dialer specif- ically). Namely, to measure not only whether the app was downloaded but also whether it was used once downloaded.
- everdrive 5y ago
  >Messages automatically recognizes incoming One-Time Password (OTP) codes to avoid the user having to fill them in. It's a shame that user laziness is cause for lack of privacy.
  - ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
    >It's a shame that user laziness is cause for lack of privacy. This detection is done entirely on-device. In what way is it injurious to the user's privacy?
    - TingPing 5y ago
      As they said, they collect phone numbers and this feature was the excuse.
      - ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
        Did you even read the comment I replied to? It relates to iOS, not Android.