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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by iaml on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:08AM (#15755933)
AOSP is certainly more open, but half the system and its apps are provided through gapps which are also black box binary blobs that you can't easily dissect.
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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by andrepd on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @08:19AM (#15756522)
Well don't install gapps then, run F-droid and yalp store.
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Re:Google collects cell tower info even if location services... by JetSpiegel on Thursday November 23, 2017 @09:30AM (#15765258)
Have you seen any Android smartphone that came without Gapps?

You have to be pro-active about removing them, it's an opt-in choice.

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