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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:25:46 +0100
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On 2025-03-17 22:07, Marion wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:59:48 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote :
> 
> 
>> Care to summarize? All that is a huge read.
> 
> No problem... since I'm a kind-hearted helpful (knowledgeable) guy...
> Researchers found that the DSID cookie (among other things) is "activated"
> when a user boots an Android phone that has a Google Account set up on it.
> 
> The simplest way to describe what "activation" means, is it tracks your
> browser actions, even when you're not browsing a Google related web site.
> 
> The article said you didn't "consent" to that tracking (which is the point
> that Jeff Layman is making and where I'll let the lawyers fight that out).
> 
> What only one out of millions of people seem to know, and which was NOT
> covered in the article, is that the simplest way to negate that tracking is
> to not set up a Google Account on the phone.
> 
> You can have Google Accounts (I have plenty).
> Just not set up as an explicit "Account" in the Android operating system.
> 
> Because an "Account" tells Google you want to automatically log into it.
> Without asking for consent. (full circle completed)

Ok, that basically means that we can not instantly negate the
DataSetIdentifier (DSID) cookie by a simple action that is trivial to 
do. We being the 99% of Android users in the world.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.