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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened
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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:01:16 +0100
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On 2025-03-16 16:10, micky wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:47:34 -0000 (UTC),
> Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:22:25 +0100 (CET), anon wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/
>>
>> I'm pretty sure they all do this (Apple, Google, someotherguy).
>>
>> I never expect ANY privacy on my phone, so never use is for things that
>> require privacy. I assume that Google knows every keystroke I make. Then,
>> on my only other device using Google (one browser on my desktop), I am
>> careful what I do in that browser.
>>
>> This is one reason I've never trusted encrypted comm apps at all. Since my
>> phone can see what I type and read, so can Google. They can see it when
>> it's not encrypted yet, or already decrypted.
> 
> Definitely google can.  That's how it's able to make suggestions on how
> to finish what you were typing.  If it didn't know what you'd written,
> the suggestions woudln't make sense.

It depends on your keyboard choice, and it is clearly stated when you 
select it.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.