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I guess the real question is: Is this article a DEA PR piece or an Apple PR piece ?
by Wilya 14y ago
I guess the real question is: Is this article a DEA PR piece or an Apple PR piece ?
- youngerdryas 14y agoI doubt either but it does cast Google in a bad light. Does anyone know if Google reads your SMSs as well as email?
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoThat depends on whether you mean * regular SMS/MMS messages sent from the Messaging app on Android, in which case: No, of course not. Those go directly to the cellular modem in the device. Or * messages sent/received using Google Voice, in which case: Probably. These are scraps of data that live on Google's servers, just like data within Gmail/GTalk/et al. They have mp3 audio and text transcriptions of all your incoming voicemail that comes in through GV.
- youngerdryas 14y agoI would think Google Now would want access to your SMSs.
- skeletonjelly 14y agoI've never seen it mentioned. Definitely email (package tracking, flight bookings etc) but never read SMS is tracked.
- mbq 14y agoWell, on Android you can install TextSecure and have even a more secure messaging. And replace the stock system with Cyanogen mod or similar and have a smartphone that won't be taking commands from the mothership.