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How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device (www.howtogeek.com)

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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the correct comment. Google sells access to user data, not the data itself.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

From an actual privacy standpoint, what is the difference?

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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago

Not much I suppose. At least in case of Google, it's governed by a single policy.

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