Trouble is when everybody else uses it, just because you turn it off doesn’t mean you won’t have issues.
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
If it starts being mandatory and not an optional feature you can turn on or off at will, I’ll worry.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
dukethorion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can turn it off all you want, it won’t stop the scanning and collection.
Like turning off Google Location history, its just hidden from your view.
lud@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I obviously don’t trust Google (who does?) but you say that like it’s a verifiable fact. Is it?
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yep put ur phone traffic through wire shark and u really location gets sent to google regardless. They do claim not to store it tho but I wouldn’t believe that for a second.
lud@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Have you done that?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
IIRC it was, then the EU stopped it. I don’t know if they still do it outside of the EU.
dukethorion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We don’t know for sure. Google has never lied to us before, right?
lud@lemm.ee 7 months ago
So no
Coasting0942@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Silly user: you can’t fully disable features intended to keep you safe