Google refutes report that the Pixel 9 Pro XL is collecting too much personal data
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 12 Oct 2024I doubt the CCP actually cares about your data.
But Goog... more"I doubt the CCP actually cares about your data."
Depends on who you are.
Does the US government take people in the night for "re-education" at some undocumented location for mentioning Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong or being disrespectful to the Leader or National Values ?
Will you be jailed for wearing a "subversive" T-shirt ?
Taken away for holding up a blank sheet of paper ?
Etc, etc.
Only for 1 billion+ Chinese to worry about, maybe.
But if you ever visit China, then they've got a file on you.
And if you're a "person of interest" to them because you might have the possibility of access to business data or IP that might be useful to a Chinese company.
They of course will be analysing all data in order to spot "interesting" people to spy on.
Meanwhile Google just wants to make more money by targeting ads.
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024This is why I never buy a google smartphoneAnother person who never reads more than the title of an article, merely to confirm their biases.
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024Just an FYI,
Facebook install HIDDEN APPS on all the andro... moreyes, because in China there are localized HIDDEN APPS.
some capable of altering performance profile to undermine the gaming experience in order to stimulate new phone sales😂 that's how people complain about xiaomi/redmi
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024China vesion of Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Honor
Don't have ... moreLMFAO they connect with their OWN ADs alliance in China, and these phones are filled with ADs even in weather and wallet apps lol. There have been even tutorials to disable all ADs step by step to avoid receiving ADs notifications every hour hahaha...
and you are wrong in the first place, all of their premium models have pre-installed GMS framework🤣
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024This is why I never buy a google smartphoneI assume you are texting on an open-source linux one?
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- 12 Oct 2024
Huawei: *grabs popcorn*
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024Root? How about not buying anything with FB pre-installed? ... moreEvery android phone has spyware preinstalled.
And it's phoning home.
Didn't you read the article?
Xiaomi is the best because you can easily root and debloat all that trashware from xiaomi devices.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024No, just send data to CCP. Better than to Google, right?I doubt the CCP actually cares about your data.
But Google definitely shares data with the US government:
https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview?hl=en&user_requests_report_period=series:requests,accounts;authority:US;time:&lu=user_requests_report_period
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anders, 11 Oct 2024GrapheneOS simping for Google is embarrassing. Pixels are d... moreGrapheneOS only supports and can only be installed on Pixel phones. They have more than a passing interest in defending Pixel phones. If no one buys Pixels, they lose their entire userbase.
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anders, 11 Oct 2024GrapheneOS simping for Google is embarrassing. Pixels are d... moreSecurity updates do not mean the phone collects less data. Pixels have the same amount of security updates as Samsung phones and they collect more data.
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- 12 Oct 2024
Google need more improvements because Facebook is coming up with his own maps with highest expectations quality map versions
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024This is why I never buy a google smartphoneAny smartphone you use, it is covered by Google and it's network and on top of that if it is not pixel device then it is also covered by the tracking of the manufacturer.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Oct 2024
Someone please tell Samsung not to preloading their devices with Facebook and all its system files. Freaking annoying af. They must have received some kickback from Meta to include that in their device.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Oct 2024
This is why I never buy a google smartphone
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- 11 Oct 2024
astolfo, 11 Oct 2024It's not a conspiracy theory that phones lasted longer... moreThey made fun of symbian not having an appstore but it was also the last commercial phone os sold that can be used without setting up an account. They've managed to herd a lot of people in the current mess.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Oct 2024
SShock, 11 Oct 2024Um, no. This is why they all take our private data for gran... moreThey won't, lol. See how they just accepted the removal of external storage support and put up with cloud storage? Nvm that both can coexist anyways. And streaming services now having paid subs with ads are normalized now as well.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024Step 3: to uninstall bloatware open terminal and type this:... moreRoot? How about not buying anything with FB pre-installed? And how tf are Xiaomi phones able to debloat without root?
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- 11 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024China vesion of Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Honor Don't have ... moreNo, just send data to CCP. Better than to Google, right?
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- 11 Oct 2024
SShock, 11 Oct 2024Um, no. This is why they all take our private data for gran... moreNo thanks. Google is ok for me.
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- 11 Oct 2024
GrapheneOS simping for Google is embarrassing. Pixels are definitely not more secure than every other manufacturer. Samsung are probably the most secure, they certainly offer the longest security support, even for budget devices.