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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by kerberos84 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:49AM (#15755596)
Chrome does not allow you even to turn off auto-updates. Why? Because then they can't use their new tracking and advertising techniques on you.
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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by Karunamon on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:35PM (#15759214)
Or rather, because people can't be trusted to update their browsers and turn their machines into a danger to themselves and others. No need for assuming malice.
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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by kerberos84 on Friday November 24, 2017 @09:18AM (#15771061)
It is not an assumption, rather fact!
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