I thought android was open source. That means , to me, someone should be able to go into the depths of the code and figure out what google is sending.
You're being tracked by cell signal, or any wifi spots you connect to, your activity is tracked by IP address, you're tracked by your credit/debit card usage, there are cameras that take pictures of your tag, etc... I'm just saying, whatever people are afraid of by being tracked...you're being tracked one way or another.
I really don't care either...all they'll find about me is I live a boring life and love technology.
Say “not as much as you may think” to someone who is injured in real life because physical location was tracked.
That Google is able and willing to offer their services free of charge shows just how valuable your data is to them, even if you don't personally think anything of it.You're being tracked by cell signal, or any wifi spots you connect to, your activity is tracked by IP address, you're tracked by your credit/debit card usage, there are cameras that take pictures of your tag, etc... I'm just saying, whatever people are afraid of by being tracked...you're being tracked one way or another.
I really don't care either...all they'll find about me is I live a boring life and love technology.
I thought android was open source. That means , to me, someone should be able to go into the depths of the code and figure out what google is sending.
Just because we know we are being tracked by multiple entities does not mean they are not obligated to inform us. Google recently got "caught" tracking users even when the location data was turned off. This was partially explained by Google but similar to EULAs, the bigger problem is that many tech companies are not upfront and clear about the terms of use and our rights. This opaqueness and confusion leads to ignorance and indifference on the part of the users. From there, tech companies and laws (i.e., net neutrality) begin to manipulate society in an unbalanced manner just as religion and political ideology have already done so.You're being tracked by cell signal, or any wifi spots you connect to, your activity is tracked by IP address, you're tracked by your credit/debit card usage, there are cameras that take pictures of your tag, etc... I'm just saying, whatever people are afraid of by being tracked...you're being tracked one way or another.
I really don't care either...all they'll find about me is I live a boring life and love technology.
Great. I hate to break it to you but iOS and Android are two different OS’s that are engineered differently. I know this may be news to some.Not tech savy like Craig Federighi? He says not to bother closing your apps, and that doing so and reopening them can actually drain your battery more. https://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/10/force-quitting-apps-doesnt-help-battery/
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and you know this...how?I don’t support credit card companies, cell companies, etc taking info without permission either but the data they have on you is minimal compared to Goog.
So tracking and mining my data when I pay them nothing...makes it okay?But your not paying any of those companies 1000 dollars to track you or mine your data.
Kind of the difference.
Never owned an Android phone, but it seems like this amount of reporting would kill battery life. I'm impressed that most Android users I know don't report this as a huge problem.
Never owned an Android phone, but it seems like this amount of reporting would kill battery life. I'm impressed that most Android users I know don't report this as a huge problem.
I've read a bit and I still don't know how do they differentiate "good" and "bad" communication?
How do they know that the background activity of my phone and connections to Apple are not the good one? Updates for Find My iPhone, Updates for HomeKit to run scenes when you arrive/leave, updates to check for App Store updates at night, connections triggered by other members of the family in Find My Friends or in Messages. Maybe someone new was adding my number to his iMessage chat or contacts and Apple connected with my device to see if there is a response and it can show that other person that "I'm a blue bubble" and it's working. What about iCloud Photo Library, it's no secret that it's not just a RAW transfer of files, there are CRONs ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron ), job schedulers to check whether there are some changes to the library, whether metadata is ok, whether new face was recognized on a different device and it needs to update them.
I guess measuring traffic may get complicated. The fact that I'm connecting or uploading some files to Apple servers doesn't mean it's a privacy breach.
To some extent this applies to Google, if someone has Google Photos backup turned on, location services and location sharing with friends, etc.
It’s kinda crazy what all of our devices do in the background and behind the scenes that we don’t see / know about.
Not just from an information collecting standpoint, but it’s fascinating what goes on beneath it all.
I never close apps. Not necessary on iOS.Why would you have Chrome open in the background anyway, when you are not using your phone?
Don't most just close running apps when they have finished doing something?
I do always.
and you know this...how?
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So tracking and mining my data when I pay them nothing...makes it okay?
Never owned an Android phone, but it seems like this amount of reporting would kill battery life. I'm impressed that most Android users I know don't report this as a huge problem.
The background processes add up over time and battery life slowly gets worse and worse. Android is not nearly as optimized as iOS in this regard, they obviously need background processes to collect data also.