I'm personally fine with it. You're also able to turn off location services anyway if you are really that inclined to.
Google collects data, but they don't sell it. They keep it all in-house and it's used to improve their own services.
But I do understand those who value privacy a lot more than I do, though. Just know that just about any alternative that doesn't market themselves as a privacy-centered company (like Mozilla does) is also going to be tracking you, maybe even more than Google (who actually do value privacy).
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I'd guess they use IP based tracking which isn't always super accurate, and is avoidable with VPNs which are built-in to Android. I'm at work so don't want to look into how they do it quite yet.
But android is fully open source, so I'd be a bit surprised if it's possible to get GPS data while location services are off.
If you're talking about full on tracking (rather than just location) then no you cannot stop it, at least if you use Google's services. But note that Android is open source, so any phone running stock Android and doesn't use Google services should be safe from Google's tracking.
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I'm personally fine with it. You're also able to turn off location services anyway if you are really that inclined to.
Google collects data, but they don't sell it. They keep it all in-house and it's used to improve their own services.
But I do understand those who value privacy a lot more than I do, though. Just know that just about any alternative that doesn't market themselves as a privacy-centered company (like Mozilla does) is also going to be tracking you, maybe even more than Google (who actually do value privacy).
You can turn off location services but Google still tracks you. Do a web search and you'll see.
I'd guess they use IP based tracking which isn't always super accurate, and is avoidable with VPNs which are built-in to Android. I'm at work so don't want to look into how they do it quite yet.
But android is fully open source, so I'd be a bit surprised if it's possible to get GPS data while location services are off.
i cant believe thats true. i really think that google still tracks you, if you turn this features off you simply will not be tagged.
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If you're talking about full on tracking (rather than just location) then no you cannot stop it, at least if you use Google's services. But note that Android is open source, so any phone running stock Android and doesn't use Google services should be safe from Google's tracking.