How to stay private when using Android

Re:How to stay private when using Android by loraa on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:46AM (#21928214)

99% of the population don't want to essentially make their phone useless and difficult to use. This is the problem.

Also that 99% doesn't care that the government knows they have downloaded Candy crush.

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by emodendroket on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:50AM (#21928480)

Yeah, essentially all these DIY fixes to surveillance involve majorly inconveniencing yourself and being a technical expert to maybe achieve what they're suggesting.

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by eddiecalzone on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:23AM (#21928331)

That got dark quick

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by ulfw on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:14AM (#21928302)

Also 99% "of the population" doesn't use Android.

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by RandomBacon on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:33AM (#21928376)

> Today, it is estimated that more than 5 billion people have mobile devices, and over half of these connections are smartphones. [0]

> Android's smartphone share is hover around 87% [1]

> 7,600,000,000+ human population [2]

( 5 billion * 0.5 * 0.87 ) / 7.6 billion =

29% of the world has an Android

[0] https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/02/05/smartphone-own...

[1] https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os

[2] https://www.census.gov/popclock/

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:25AM (#21928342)

What? I thought Android has market share in the billions. Where do you live? Mars?

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by ulfw on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @11:48AM (#21928866)

Billions = 99% of the population. Oh I see. Okay.

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