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Re:Google reportedly peeks into Android data to gain edge ov... by jarfil on Sunday July 26, 2020 @07:08AM (#23956169)
All I care about is whether this is opt-in and whether I can decide to not give then that data.

Other than that, Google being able to process more data about their own platform than others, is something to be expected.

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Re:Google reportedly peeks into Android data to gain edge ov... by xondono on Sunday July 26, 2020 @09:30AM (#23956926)
Agreed, but there’s a lot to say about what’s the default and how you are supposed to opt-out.

If Google is artificially inflating opt-out costs for the user, then that’s something to watch for.

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