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Everyone knows Google and how much they have influenced the evolution of cell phones and how powerful they are! But it just irritates the $#*! out of me with all the tracking they do and selling of data essentially our locations, but I have to be honest it's not just Google that's doing it! All our apps n emails generally have some sort of tracking or data extraction attached! Used to be I was worried about hackers now I'm worried about everything installed on my phone, I don't know about you guys, but this $#*! annoys the hell out of me but really if we want to use our cell phones for everything from internet to online banking there's really not to much we can do! Help me out if you think different.
Tip for consumers:
If your worried about tracking with Google there are a few things that can help a Little! Try keeping your location off until you need it, use a VPN all the time, keep Google location accuracy and all others off! Add a privacy app like duck duck go.There are a few others I can't think of right now, but if you want to know search, How to keep phone tracking down to a minimum.
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Google account, Google messages, Google maps, Google assistant, Google phone, n every other Google app that comes standard with any Android phone
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