Google admits it tracked user location data even when the setting was turned off

[DrMacintosh]

4 minutes ago, Noctus said:

Yes you do.

Sure. 

 

I defended the headphone jack removal, inadequate cooling in the new Macs, weak GPUs in the new Macs, the prices of iPhone X, the failure of the Mac Pro.........oh wait......

[Noctus]

1 minute ago, FratStar said:

You turned off Android location services your location with regards to the cell towers you connect to will always be reported whether it's to the carrier or 911 operator. That doesn't get turned off because idk? Safety. Google was collecting that data.

The article treats those services as if they are one in the same and it is not. Do I think Google should collect it anyway? No not without asking, but this is overblown.

This man get's it.

[mrchow19910319]

You will be surprised how much of your info actually got send to other companies without your knowledge. 

 

Saw it on reddit once a guy from a local supermarket said all those "member card" has another functionality. It will basically logs everything you buy and sort out what kind of buyer you are. Then those info are gonna get sent to another company. That company will collet a bunch of these data and then sell these data to advertisers. 

 

So dont be surprised that they are miking from you. It is common business practice. 

 

Also if you are thinking that this alone proofs that apple is more noble than google... please dont compare companies like that.... it does not draw you any conclusion and it is meaningless. 

 

They are businesses and they make money. As long as they do not brake the law, everything is allowed. (technically) Just go see how much tax apple is trying to avoid and got away with it. Is it ethical? Hmmm probably not. Is every big company doing it? Absolutely yes.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, FratStar said:

Because of fear mongering about big brother.

Being concerned, even if those concerns are misplaced, about your rights isn't fear mongering. 

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

Remember people when a big company tells you that they are Not doing whatever thing and emphasize on it. That means they're doing it.

[TidaLWaveZ]

4 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I wouldn't be surprised if you thought every media outlet has no credibility. 

[mrchow19910319]

8 minutes ago, FratStar said:

 

facts vs news that can create a huge debate/fuck fest? 

I choose the latter. 

                                       -- modern news company

[Noctus]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Sure. 

 

I defending the headphone jack removal, inadequate cooling in the new Macs, weak GPUs in the new Macs, the prices of iPhone X, the failure of the Mac Pro.........oh wait......

If it quacks like a duck.....

 

At least make efforts to hide you're fanboyism so that multiple people won't call you out on it ... nop too late.

[Misanthrope]

"But Microsoft is much worst at STEALING your personal data and having Trump sell it to the Russians!"

 

Spoiler

Not really, I just thought I'd be funny to apply the exact same argument we invariably get when Microsoft is on the "fucking around with your metadata" side.

 

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, Noctus said:

At least make efforts to hide you're fanboyism

HAH

[Noctus]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

HAH

what a cowinkydink, I do the exact same thing when you defend apple.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Noctus said:

If it quacks like a duck.....

It could be a MP3 player, a stuffed animal with a speaker inside it, a person.........

 

Something that looks like something isn't always what it seems. 

[mrchow19910319]

7 minutes ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

Remember people when a big company tells you that they are Not doing whatever thing and emphasize on it. That means they're doing it.

people that know they are doing it cant do anything to change it

people that do not know they are doing it do not care

[PlayStation 2]

Censoring YouTube, censoring Google, tracking data when told not to...

I still wonder why people have trust in Google. 

[Bananasplit_00]

54 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Google makes its money from its data collection

see why nobody is surprised but rather expected this?

this still dosent solve the fact that the mobile space basically has no option to Google for most of the market and is why we are in a way OK with it, we are not but we have no choice but to be

[handymanshandle]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Censoring YouTube, censoring Google, tracking data when told not to...

I still wonder why people have trust in Google. 

Of course, but Google is a poster child and clearly can do no wrong.  (/s)

[Not_Jony_Ive]

[Noctus]

5 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

It could be a MP3 player, a stuffed animal with a speaker inside it, a person.........

 

Something that looks like something isn't always what it seems. 

It would appear you lack the understanding of a partial quote. Go google the whole thing.

 

You = duck

Defending apple = what the duck is doing

Ting we can both see where I'm going with this ...

[PlayStation 2]

2 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Their main business is as an analytics/advertising platform.

 

Or you can AOSP rom with microG, Adaway to block Google servers, and Afwall+ to jail apps that have no business connecting to the internet.

 

The beauty of Android to be able to use it however you like as long as you have the know-how or determination.

That doesn't excuse the problem at hand.

Let's look at the vast majority of people instead of a select few who have the time and patience to fuck with their phone; they're not gonna know about that shit and won't like it when they find out that Google's been data farming even when they've said not to.

Just because you can solve the problem doesn't make the problem excusable, especially when it's intentional.

[mr moose]

6 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Censoring YouTube, censoring Google, tracking data when told not to...

I still wonder why people have trust in Google. 

 

Those who know don't trust google, and those who don't know don't care.

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, Noctus said:

It would appear you lack the understanding of a partial quote.

No, I understand the quote quite well. 

[DrMacintosh]

4 minutes ago, Not_Jony_Ive said:

snip

Burn

[mynameisjuan]

14 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Censoring YouTube, censoring Google, tracking data when told not to...

I still wonder why people have trust in Google. 

Google is probably the one of the best companies to trust with your data. They use it for themselves and give a shit about security on their server side. 

 

There are plenty of smaller companies that people "trust" yet probably have been breached and just dont know or dont want people to know. Until google gets breached or someone starts stalking me because they are actively tracking me with this data, I dont give two shits about where they know I am.

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, mynameisjuan said:

There are plenty of smaller companies that people "trust" yet probably have been breached

Google is selling your data to those companies though........

[AresKrieger]

44 minutes ago, Zodiark1593 said:

The privacy minded may be better off to avoid smartphones altogether.

That has always been my solution, though I find them fairly useless anyway so no loss for me

 

Whether it be Apple or google pretending smart phones aren't constantly tracked is absurdity, hell half the apps do it never mine the phones themselves