Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!nntp.comgw.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:01:16 +0100 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <80c93cc2ac209e7015ef716663a6761e@dizum.com> <485a6182afb819f8920f7b4ceb7f0469297262df@i2pn2.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 70edpi8EsfRaNonS++uHrwVGbnKWhYL0rrkGICqxKDdfXjVqpA X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:TgnjxyqFopJEmpKOVGhq0abAyqg= sha256:D51GOTDAVmYW1RFi+CzRMjqpvsLnVDOVcU+cI+bG4j4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: 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 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.