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It's always easy to blame someone else, especially if that "someone" is already being hated on by a lot of people. Google only knows as much information as you
by eXpl0it3r 13y ago
It's always easy to blame someone else, especially if that "someone" is already being hated on by a lot of people.
Google only knows as much information as you give them [edit: is publicly available or can be bought from someone else]. Using a mobile OS that integrates many services from Google, without doing proper research on what these services are allowed to actually do and then blaming Google for using the data, you agreed to let them use, is just wrong.
People just started to forget: Everything comes with a price. Whether it's money, viewing ads or providing personal information, in the end a product is never truly free.
- gcp 13y agoGoogle only knows as much information as you give them Google also knows all the information anyone else gave them.
- eXpl0it3r 13y agoAdded: ", is publicly available or can be bought from someone else"
- girvo 13y agoYes, but that cat is well and truly out of that bag, so (for me, personally) it's time to take as many precautions as I can. One of those is being very careful around Google services. I've since replaced my use of all of them (thank you ownCloud, and DAV!). I've got far fewer consequences to worry about than other people, but for me the trade off is worth it.
- aragot 13y agoThey don't have to integrate all those services. Look at Mozilla Persona. Eroding privacy has a much bigger cost than the one Google extracts fom the information. And it's not like we can choose to avoid androids, samsungs and iPhones...