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Re:New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking by 29083011397778 on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:42PM (#19061133)
> I even installed Whatsapp

This just switches being tracked by Google to being tracked by Facebook. They now have names, times, numbers, etc of people you talk to/interact with, as well as your rough location via IP, access point, or cell tower (which are shared with people who have location services enabled).

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Re:New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking by bubblethink on Saturday February 02, 2019 @08:46AM (#19062925)
That's fine. The point the parent is making is that you can use whatsapp without google play services if you want to. This is not a given for a lot of other apps.
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