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[rant] google sucks (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/actually_infuriating@lemmy.world
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Google pls go eat shit.

I just found out that my phone has somehow automatically enabled "find my device" - a service provided to you by google where they automatically send your last location data to google sothat you can find your device again in case you lost it somewhere.

Not only do i seriously question that that service is even useful at all - i mean, if somebody stole it, the first thing they would do is reset the device which obviously wipes any way to track the device anyways; but also what's actually infuriating is that google is building these databases of a billion android devices and their movement data without my consent. like, not in a single moment have i consented to this; in fact i only found out through an accident. fuck google. it needs to die, quickly.

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It really is not "every" company. If we ever want to fix things, this is very important to understand.

Many countries also have legislature against it. Sure, Google and some other companies still slip through somehow, but there's a starting point to fight it. It's not completely hopeless.

Of course there will be a snarky and disillusioned reply to this, but I stand by it: maybe most, but not all. And that's a huge difference.

BTW, my phone does not do it and there aren't that many cameras where I live.

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