Our digital privacy is being aggressively disbanded this week

Posted by Steaglsz on Monday October 05, 2026 @03:58PM
from the self-post dept.

Google has started 70+ unique trackers the last 24 hours which bring it on my phone to at least 130 unique trackers i could find. Reddit is up to 149 unique trackers.

My phone is being pinged 8 (EIGHT.) TIMES. A. SECOND. You cant delete or change any of these settings from google or it breaks the app and just reinstalls it fresh on your next battery restart.

Welcome to the New Age

https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20261005-101228

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Re:Our digital privacy is being aggressively disbanded this ... by dotcoma on Monday October 05, 2026 @11:08PM (#49973696)

Try GrapheneOS, or /e/OS (Murena), or iode.tech

Having an Android phone in 2026 and complaining about the fact that Google do not respect your privacy is a bit naive.

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Re:Our digital privacy is being aggressively disbanded this ... by sajithdilshan on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @09:07AM (#49992242)

I was gonna suggest maybe disable background app refresh, then realised he’s got a pixel phone.

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