Re: What are the common settings to change on an Android 7.0 Nougat phone for privacy?

From	123456789 <12345@12345.com>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: What are the common settings to change on an Android 7.0 Nougat phone for privacy?
Date	2018-10-08 19:20 -0700
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On 10/8/2018 5:18 PM, Arlen Holder wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:13:37 -0700, 123456789 wrote:

>> What's to be gained FOR ME by the separation of my real and bogus 
>> Gmail accounts?

> How does the default "Google Account" on an Android phone benefit 
> you? 
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/L16oLRH-jVc>

I saw the post the first time. Nothing to be gained FOR ME there.

> The main advantage, as I see it, is that there is no concept of an 
> "Advertising ID" on a phone that has no Google Android account.

No advantage for ME since I don't care about an advertising ID.

> Nor is there Google tracking of your apps (AFAIK), if you've set up 
> the device correctly.

My phone company is tracking me, why not Google too?

> the instant a credit card is stored on an Android phone,

My credit card is stored in Google servers not on my phone.

> all hope of privacy & anonymity is lost.

That happens when you use a credit card anywhere.

> I can't even think of a single online service that I need that I 
> would pay for that I can't already get, for free... Can you?

I don't have a clue what online services YOU might need.

> I get all the storage I want [for free]

My Google Drive costs 2 bucks a month. Pretty extravagant, huh.

> plus all the [free] apps I need,

Yup. I've actually paid a few bucks for an app from time to time. Pretty
extravagant, huh.

> plus all the books I feel like reading, etc., for free.

Yup. I used to also steal all my ebooks from the Usenet ebook groups.
Then a relative of mine became an author and I got religion. I'm up to
over 300 books on my Amazon account now. The one I'm currently reading
is by Ken Follett and was on sale for $2. Pretty extravagant, huh.

> you can get the APKs from anywhere for most free apps

Get apps ANYWHERE? I thought you were worried about security??

> That's one of the beauties of Android - which is that once you have 
> your population of apps, you almost never need the Google Play store 
> ever again.

I like to keep my sensitive apps (banking, credit card, insurance, etc.)
up to date so I would need the Play Store even if I were paranoid and
didn't want to use it.

> This thread is about "privacy". Having no "Advertiser ID" is related 
> to that concept.

Still waiting to hear why I should worry about an advertising ID.

> The point was to wipe out the Advertiser ID since this is a privacy 
> thread.

Still waiting to hear why I should worry about an advertising ID.

> The Google Drive is tied to the real account, while the Advertiser
> ID is tied to the bogus account which, we've already proved, can be 
> deleted at will such that there is no bogus account if you don't
> want it (hence, no Advertiser ID either).

Still waiting to hear why I should worry about an advertising ID.

>> Why should I care about an advertiser ID?

> Because you're posting to a thread about "privacy".

Still waiting to hear why I should worry about an advertising ID.

> If you want to discuss just the concept of a bogus Google Account 
> this isn't the thread for that since this thread is about privacy.

YOU brought up the BOGUS email account, not me.

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