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"it's incredibly easy to use an Android phone without sending a blip of data to Google." Assuming that's true, that doesn't change the fact that most users wil
by Samuel_Michon 14y ago
"it's incredibly easy to use an Android phone without sending a blip of data to Google."
Assuming that's true, that doesn't change the fact that most users will send loads of personal data to Google without knowing it, let alone knowing how to turn it off.
"like Google is breaking into your house and installing a GPS chip in you."
They don't need to. They know that most users don't understand computers and don't read end-user agreements.
But even if you don't use Android, they'll indeed drive by your home, take pictures and collect information about your wifi network, which enables them to link your digital life to a physical one.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9432518/Google-we-failed-to-delete-all-Streetview-data.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9432518/Google-...
- drivebyacct2 14y agoI'm very happy to tell you that, like most people, I was upset to find that Google collected that data. I was even less impressed with how they handled the deletion and disclosure of their mistake. I'm happy to discuss that, but it's pretty desperate to reach for that when it started with more or less: "Android has ads and Google watches everything you do on it"
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago"it's pretty desperate to reach for that when it started with more or less: "Android has ads and Google watches everything you do on it"" That might've been your interpretation, but I wrote: "Android users pay with their personal information and by looking at ads." By which I mean a typical Android experience. Not the Android OS, or the official Google Android experience. Most Android users are subjected to lots of ads because they don't buy apps; they download ad-supported apps. They don't buy third party navigation apps, they use the ad-supported Google Maps app. Etc etc.