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stebator@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI mentioned “Google Account Settings.” It is buried deep within submenus, so it is harder for regular users to find. However, you can find it by navigating through your Google account settings. Look for “Manage your data & privacy” > “History settings” > “Web & App Activity.”
dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Yeah, good stuff to tell people about!
But “Google is tracking your every touch on any Android device” is very different from “Google saves a history of your Google searches, and some major actions in some Google apps”.
stebator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Have you checked what’s in it? Every action and touch is logged with all the details. Many people didn’t even guess that such actions could be logged. It’s like super spyware activity; it’s very creepy. “Google is tracking your every touch on any Android device” - is exactly what it does.
I first noticed this issue around 2015, and I have been trying to disable it on every Android device since then. However, it re-enables itself from time to time. I have a few Google accounts, and it must be disabled on each one.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
What I’m seeing, is that:
That’s already very far for every Android device, let alone every touch.
stebator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hm, are there any categories? I didn’t see any, but maybe they’ve added them already. They log whatever they can. Today it’s smartphones, but tomorrow it could be other devices and other things to be logged and uploaded to Google, like screenshots. The problem is that it’s done behind your back, and many people are unaware of this creepy activity.
By the way, screenshots are already uploaded if you did not disable the option to automatically upload all photos to the cloud. And we’re discussing North Korea here, LOL.