“You can’t say no to Google’s surveillance,” warns alarming new report.
  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    3 days ago

    “Will track” is a weird way to say “already does, as is proven by researchers”.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    I was watching a video about a kid that killed his mother. The cops were detailing how they caught him being somewhere else than what he stated.

    They weren’t able to track his phone itself, because he had it turned off most of the time. But when he did turn it on they got the ping from nearby cell towers, and then they looked at highway cameras in that area. They were able to ID his license plate that way.

    Basically they just ran nationwide searches for his phone, and then ran a search for his plates.

    All of that data is already collected, all they need to do is “Google” it. Pretty interesting imo. A little scary too.

    Edit. This guy also went to a Best buy and literally asked them for “a burner phone”, and was on camera asking for it. That’s how they knew what phone to look for. Lol

      • kamenLady.@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Correct, i think the entshitification per se is done. They are now playing around with the levels ( turning them up slowly, so people get used to it without going, hol’ up )

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    They didn’t before? This is Google we are talking about. If nothing else they need your location for Google maps data.

    It is a great time to degoogle your life.

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Unless you physically remove the entire SIM module from your phone, this is not solvable. I have a degoogled phone too, but as long as you use a SIM card, you are being tracked.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        You aren’t being tracked by Google. Also cell tower tracking is much harder than just querying a GPS service.

        • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          Thats true but im not sure if i have more trust in the cops than google. The requests for cell location data are instantly waved through usually.

  • leaky_shower_thoughtEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    They’re tracking the phone for its safety, guys. what will happen if the phone gets lost or something.

    /s

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Only reason why I need plays services is for ProtonMail notifications. Proton seriously needs to use UnifiedPush or something.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      The problem is that a lot of the Android and SDK are proprietary. You are depending on proprietary software right now and that’s not even including the kernel.

      Still better than Stock Android though