XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: dave@g4ugm.invalid   
      
   On 09/03/2025 16:36, Marion wrote:   
   > On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 10:26:23 +0100, David Wade wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >>> Just hit the "skip" button when it asks you to set up Android with it.   
   >>> I don't know why everyone doesn't do that - but it's what I do.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Probably because when we have a new phone we want the backup with the   
   >> contacts and apps from our previous phone.....   
   >   
   > Thanks for that explanation of why people set up a Google Account on their   
   > phone, one reason being that contacts are automatically backed up.   
   >   
   > I can completely understand that concept, which is that contacts can be   
   > backed up, as certainly, a Google Account, by default, will do that feat.   
   >   
   > But so can just about any program that claims to "back up contacts" right?   
   >    
   >  id=com.contacts.backup.sim.phone.number.transfer.restore>   
   >    
   >   
   > Note: I don't use those apps (some of which have their own cloud account)   
   > as I simply export/import (i.e., backup/restore) my contacts sqlite   
   > database directly to/from the PC as I don't have a Google Account set up on   
   > my phone (although I have plenty of "Google Accounts" for the email).   
    > > To transfer my entire homescreen, from one phone to the other,   
   including   
   > all the folders, shortcuts and widgets, I simply use an intelligent   
   > launcher (where I use the last known good version of Nova but others work).   
   >    
   >   
   > With these intelligent launchers, you simply save the entire homescreen to   
   > a file on your PC and then you load that file on the new phone & voila!   
   >   
   > All your app icons are on the new phone EXACTLY where they were on the old!   
   > Of course, by default, that installs the *latest* version of all those   
   > apps (so what I do to keep my old versions, is slide them over from the   
   > PC).   
   >  Drag APK from Windows   
   >   
   > I manage my iPads & Android devices & data by sliding back and forth   
   > between the device and the PC using the PC mouse and keyboard.   
   >  iOS & Android PC mirroring   
   > But I get it that people who don't have a PC use Google defaults instead.   
   >   
   > Thanks for helping me understand why people set up a Google Account on the   
   > phone, where the loss in privacy from that one act, unfortunately, is huge.   
      
   Is it really that huge? What on earth is google going to do with my   
   personal info? Lets take my contacts. Because everyone else does not   
   hide their contacts from google, pretty sure google can work out who my   
   contacts are by cross tabulating info from every one else.   
      
   Take my location, well my car tracks that any way. Usually I am with one   
   of my contacts, I bet their phone allows tracking. So again google can   
   figure out where I am without access to my GPS...   
      
   .. I think the real reason people just sign into a google account is   
   because they don't see a need to maintain privacy. They have paid for   
   functionality, and they want it all too work without having to research   
   other options, which are likely to be less secure than google...   
      
   Dave   
      
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