I want to be able to opt out of everything if I want. I don't want to share all data with everything. It's okay that a map app might request my location data and such but this has all gone too far it seems. A full disclosure of everything they store about me would be good to have a look at and delete what I want to have deleted.
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iPhone too. You want to use battery optimization? Have to make sure tracking via maps is turned on. There are a number of items like this.
You really need to look into the what and why to understand the impact. These labels are a great step one but overall mean very little. Appearance.
If you use Google, this is a good place to start: https://myaccount.google.com/intro/privacycheckup
Then follow up with: Here
There is part of the issue. Unless you are paying for it then you're the product. There is a reason it is free to the user. And there are very few good substitutes for something like say maps.
Imagine if you had to pay per Google search or map lookup. Or worse a monthly subscription. They would lose 99% of their userbase immediately.
Sure you can use Apple Maps. It's certainly not as good (getting better but nowhere near the same level as Google) and doesn't exist on the web unless you have a Mac. So it is fairly limited unless you are all in on the Apple ecosystem. Which then is built into the higher costs of the products, so you kind of are "paying for it" in that sense.
And Apple Maps still collects your data; it is far more anonymous, but it's still being collected. Ie. traffic data- they know you (and a bunch of devices around you) are going x mph and thus in a traffic jam; that is data collection, just far more anonymized. But there are different levels of concern by different people on that topic though and a different discussion.
There is simply not much else out there to use that also isn't collecting data since it's a no-cost to the user product. Most services simply aren't as good without user data. Look at Siri vs. Echo or Google Assistant. It suffers because of this in quality and function by a lot.
And other choices aren't better. If people don't think Microsoft for Bing/Bing Maps and outlook.com don't do this too then just lol. Again, a reason why they are free.
You can certainly buy a standalone GPS unit or a standalone navigation app; they still exist as far as I know like before Google maps got navigation (Tomtom, Sygic, etc). PS- look at their app health cards; not much better.
You have to make a decision at some point for yourself; everyone here does regardless of the shaming that goes around from Apple users mostly on what services they use.
There is a way to do it, some have getting rid of all major tech companies. But it will likely take more time and frustration than 99.99% of people are willing to deal with to mess with workarounds and not as good services.
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Found this out when mine wouldn't work in testing. Someone pointed this info out.
Thanks, but in order to see or remove my data I have to personally register (give them more data) with them first which is paradox isn't it? I would prefer more simple opt outs. And the parts I can see are pages and pages of opt out switches but many are not changeable only a very few can be moved to the off setting.
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Found this out when mine wouldn't work in testing. Someone pointed this info out.
The amount of specific personal data if you are unregistered (no Gmail) is minimal. Not really seeing your worry then.
I have several Google accounts and the amount of data they have varies drastically by their use. As I cut back and close out a lot of my Google stuff, it gets smaller and smaller.
Apple has already taken steps to prevent apps from using serial identifiers like UUIDs for almost ten years now. That caused a similar hubbub back when they originally implemented it.
Certainly, Google has the ability to correlate usage between YouTube, Google Search, GMail, etc. They can tell, for instance, if you’re watching reviews of a new product on YouTube then search for the product. Then, if you buy the product using a Gmail account as your email address, they can presumably scan your email for keywords, adding a note that you bought that product. Then, in the future, if you watch reviews for something on YouTube then search Google for information on it, you might see ads for the product or for related products (based on real time bids from companies that want to advertise to people interested in that product). For instance, you research phone cases on YouTube then search for the case you liked, you’ll probably see ads advertising the case from third party sellers. That’s one simple example of tracking behavior across Google services that Google already likely employs.
But, going beyond that, Apple’s sandbox model on iOS does minimize how much info Google or Facebook can gain from you about how you use other apps (unless you use Google or Facebook authentication, then all bets are off as to how much info they really get).