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From: Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why do so many people confuse Google's Firebase (cloud API) with
 Google Services Google Firebase App Indexing (search results)?
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 08:44:59 +0100
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On 23/06/2024 01:58, Arno Welzel wrote:

> But again: if you don't trust Google, don't use their products!

If you want a cellphone which doesn't watch you there's really only 
PinePhone OS available, and that's hardly a system everybody can use. 
Anything else, and Google (or Apple), the phone manufacturer, and the 
cellphone operator will be recording what you are doing with the phone 
and where you are while you're doing it. Sure, a rooted phone will cut 
down what Google can do, but you can't guarantee it has stopped 
everything. If you /think/ you've turned it off or 
uninstalled/deactivated it (whatever "it" is!) how do you know?

Basically, if you use a cellphone, assume someone, somewhere, is 
watching and recording.

-- 
Jeff