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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: 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 12:56:06 +0100
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On 2025-03-16 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:

> You can have a /greater/ degree of privacy by following your 
> instructions noted in the previous thread in relation to a Google 
> account and the DSID cookie. But "privacy" isn't a term to be assumed 
> where Android is concerned. There's an interesting article at <https:// 
> www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/03/13/googles-android-decision-bad- 
> news-for-all-samsung-pixel-users/>. (*** see below)

....

> (*** NB - scrolling down the article webpage results in a message: 
> "Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the 
> browser console for more information)". The browser page is then lost. I 
> got round this by turning off my Wi-Fi immediately the page had loaded. 
> The whole page could then be read by scrolling down)

Confirm (firefox on Linux)

You can bypass that by loading the page, and then on UBlock I click 
"disable javascript". I can then page down to the end.



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.