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Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by lrem on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:17PM (#23848287)
It does exactly what it says on the tin - Google stops collecting data you tell it to stop. This lawsuit, from a quick glance, is about Google not preventing "hundreds of thousands" of third parties from collecting, including third parties building with Google tech.
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Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:54PM (#23848967)
Is the "Google tech" argument the equivalent of saying "Toyota promised not to track me, but a stalker followed me around town in a Corolla?"
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Re:Google is facing a lawsuit for tracking people even when ... by shadowgovt on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:56PM (#23848996)
Basically. Firebase and Google Analytics can be used to build user behavior tracking in an app. That doesn't imply turning off web & app activity tracking the Android OS itself does turns off behaviors in apps running on that OS.
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