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It's just a PR game of shifting blame. Who's responsible of all those privacy issues on mobile? Google's own ad machine powered by the GMS running as privileged
by realusername 3y ago
It's just a PR game of shifting blame. Who's responsible of all those privacy issues on mobile? Google's own ad machine powered by the GMS running as privileged user or the apps? They chose quickly.
Both companies response to the press has been to blame the apps again and again hoping that it would be enough to continue what they are doing.
Occasionally they even blame the users directly, the play store page on install displays "Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data"
- pawelmurias 3y agoPer the amount of access they have some shit tier third parties will steal more privacy as they won't give a damn about it. Most people don't mind the ad company measuring your general profile of interests but really don't want people to read their messages.
- realusername 3y agoGoogle does both, the amount of stuff collectively harvested by GMS would make any app doing the same rejected on the play store.