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Would you stop using an android device due to privacy concerns?

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  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Scare mongering article.

    I know it knows what Im doing, its doing so at my behest. Thats why fit.google.com is full of useful data. Its also how maps can tell you the traffic on Leeson Street will be brutal etc.


    Convenience is the enemy of privacy and people are lazy.


  • #3
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,176 ✭✭✭corkie


    Researchlab wrote: »
    Just came across this article https://qz.com/1183559/if-youre-using-an-android-phone-google-may-be-tracking-every-move-you-make/ and I was wondering if anyone ever stopped using google services entirely? What was the experience in going "google free"?
    ED E wrote: »
    Scare mongering article.



    Convenience is the enemy of privacy and people are lazy.

    That article is doing the rounds on reddit and other forums.

    The feature of the tracking can easily be disabled/Turned off. :-

    https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6260286?hl=en

    You also get the option to disable it when setting up your phone.

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    "But that's balanced out by the fact that it's a mandate not to do very much." ~ Prof. Eoin O'Malley



  • #4
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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  • #5
    projectgtr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭projectgtr


    Give Data and Goliath a read its a great book on big data and digital weapons like stuxnet, its informative and far from scaremongering. Ill put it to you like this your android device is probably the least of your "worries" , any other phone OS you transition to is going to be pretty much the same.


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