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Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10 by vetinari on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:30PM (#9978299)
> Your location, your voice, your pictures, your passwords,

However, it will ask you first about that. And it is not actually Android, it is Google Play Services. For snitching your pictures, you have to download an extra app by yourself.

If you don't like that and you don't want to say 'no' when asked, use Cyanogen without Gapps. That way, you'll get non-spying vanilla Android. (That means without Play Store too).

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Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10 by ackalker on Thursday July 30, 2015 @07:18PM (#9978905)
To add: you can use software like Raccoon: http://www.onyxbits.de/raccoon

Use it with a throwaway Google account to download apps from the Play Store, then use adb to install them on your device. This works fine for apps which don't rely on specific Google libraries or services being installed on your device.

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