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[–] 77 points 1 year ago (8 children)
  • By forcing you to use a non-anonymous Google Account.
  • Then tying it with Google Play Services on that device.
  • Google Play Services are like a combo of arteries and nerves of Android OS.

That's how.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    me laughing in de googled phone. my phone as never had had my gmail address typed in it.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Good thing I mostly use F-Droid (because finding anything useful on Google Play is a pain)

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    That doesn't stop or turn off google services, or services framework, or safety scan, or scanning your images, or reading your contacts and phone logs, what apps you use, when you use them, biometric data, location data, etc.

    You can mitigate against these by limiting permissions or appops with adb or shizuku enabled programs.

    Uninstall/disable as many google apps, components, and services as safely possible.

    Use a DNS filter to block Google from sending data, DNS rebinding, and using mdns for internet.

    Or go all the way and use graphene or similarly degoogled OS.

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