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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <pmucpi.brs.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>, Frank Slootweg
> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > > >   Given that he does not want Google to 'spy', it's unlikely that the OP
> > > > will want/enable Location Services,
> > > 
> > > as it turns out, disabling that doesn't actually matter:
> > > 
> > > <https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/13/17684660/google-turn-off-location-hi
> > > story-data>
> > >   You may have assumed that turning off Google¹s Location History
> > >   option meant that Google is no longer tracking your movements. But
> > >   the reality is that Google can continue to collect location data and
> > >   even track you on a minute-by-minute basis, remembering your home
> > >   address, and other places you¹ve visited throughout the day, the
> > >   Associated Press reports.
> > 
> >   As usual, you don't pay attention to the context.
> 
> that would be you.

  Nope. Read on.

> >   The OP doesn't want Google spying on him, so - unless he's stupid - he
> > is not going to use Google products, apps (such as the (Google) Maps
> > example), services, etc..
> 
> android is a google product. or have you forgotten that part?

  Exactly *which* part of

> >   So the *only* Google stuff is Android (without any Google apps) and
> > *perhaps* a *fake* Google account and the Play Store.

didn't you understand!?

  Moral: Read the *whole* post before sticking your foot in it.

> there's no need to use maps or other google apps. most non-google apps
> include google analytics,

  'most'!? <barf>

>			    and may check location data as well. and
> that's in addition to what android, the os, is doing.

  Who cares if some alleged non-google apps or/and Android is checking
location data of an unknown device with a fake 'owner'?

  Not that you have any *proof* of that actually happening. (No your
misinterpreting the references you gave, doesn't count as proof.)

[...]

> tl;dr you're being tracked.

  With the pesky little detail, that *in this context*, there is *no*
'you', just some fake name. Big fsck-ing deal!

> >   So the *real* context is an Android tablet without a Google account or
> > with a fake Google account (for using the Play Store). I recommend(ed)
> > the former.
> > 
> >   So the *only* Google stuff is Android (without any Google apps) and
> > *perhaps* a *fake* Google account and the Play Store.
> > 
> >   With/in *that* context, Google can get no personal information about
> > the user.
> 
> oh yes they can, and do. they're not fooled by a fake account. 

  Says you, but you don't/can't prove it.

  QED.

  HTH. HAND.  EOD^2. NK.

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            Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-05 14:15 -0400
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