Comment on Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut

BeanCounter@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Perhaps not, but your mobile carrier will! I use a Pixel 5 with LineageOS installed (and no google services), but I also needed to install Google Docs for a project (since the web interface refuses to load on Android) which means that Google is still able to access my IP address–but I think that’s better than Google’s “location history”, or Play Protect on Android sending a list of all installed apps

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  • DeflectedBullhorn@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you’re on a Pixel, why not choose GrapheneOS?

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    • TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I generally like being as close to mainline/AOSP as possible, and I used LineageOS for years on my Essential PH-1. That being said, it does look like the Pixel suffers from no lack of custom ROMs, so I may “distro hop” for a bit in the future

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  • BeanCounter@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mobile carrier I (although it’s against my will) have less problem. Thanks for your input!

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    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Who’s your carrier? I’ve been considering a switch to lineage or graphene but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet

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• JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yup. The tracking stuff just makes it easier, but standard use of the phone sans tracking is still trackable.

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• iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I believe these are like the Chrome “private” mode. It might look private to you, but they are definitely still logging everything.

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