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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by dwighttk on Saturday November 14, 2020 @03:30PM (#25095370)
what do you do with it?
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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by CompuHacker on Saturday November 14, 2020 @04:17PM (#25095715)
One could still make .. how do you say, "telephone" calls?

Phones still have a lot of compute and sensor hardware that standalone apps can make use of. Heck, my Galaxy S3 can be a desktop replacement with MHL-out and USB or Bluetooth interfaces. And a lot of patience.

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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by tictok4 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @04:16PM (#25095703)
call,text,media player,photos/videos

text is insecure but thats not my threat model

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