Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS

Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:25PM (#26639965)

I honestly don't mind information about crashes being sent as long as it is very sanitized and easy to disable- similar to how Fedora reports issues.

They send only a list of functions on the stack without any of the arguments or data.

Example: https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf/problems/bthash/?bth=3...

Where Google goes too far is sending everything in the name of security or better yet to "serve" the user.

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Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by fiddlerwoaroof on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:49PM (#26640271)

IMEI and serial number make sense, I think too: Apple’s activation lock is a big reason why I bought an iPhone and as far as I can tell, it requires interaction with the server on every boot to work.

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Re:Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devi... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:22PM (#26640724)

I disagree on IMEI. It never changes and is unique.

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