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|    Alice J. to Whiskers    |
|    Re: Are we all handing to Google the SSI    |
|    30 Jan 16 15:16:30    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless       From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net              Whiskers wrote in message       slrnnapica.q7.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net:              > I think that means that you used a Google account you already had, or       > created a new one, when you set up your Android device - and that you       > have forgotten or never noticed the user-name and password that you must       > have used in order to create or access that account. You can use your       > device without knowing the user-name and password of the Google account;       > you only need those if you want to make changes to that account (such as       > add or remove an Android device from it).              You are close.       1. I created a google account when I first set up the device.       2. Then, over time, periodically I deleted them (once every few months).       3. So I have a current Google account (just for Google Play).       4. I know the password (because it's algorithmic, based on the account name).              As you said, I *never* seem to need the password ever again, so, I       could just as well have forgotten it and it wouldn't matter. I just       delete the account every few months anyway (for privacy purposes).              Since I never log into the account, and since my settings are to have       sync and tracking and all that stuff turned off (as I showed before),       does that mean that "I" don't send Google any SSIDs?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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