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   Chris to badgolferman   
   Re: Google accessed users' mobile device   
   06 Sep 25 18:30:23   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   badgolferman  wrote:   
   > Marion  wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 5 Sep 2025 17:10:48 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> The biggest privacy boost in GrapheneOS, much like with iOS, is that it   
   >>> does not include Google Play Services by default, so there is no automatic   
   >>> data sharing with Google.   
   >>   
   >> After having answered earlier today, I belatedly realized that might not   
   >> matter if the data goes from Lyft to Google servers, even with GrapheneOS.   
   >>   
   >> So let me rephrase the answer to Jeff's question as "hell if I know".   
   >> Maybe others with experience on GrapheneOS & LineageOS can add value?   
   >>   
   >> It's pretty bad though that hundreds of thousands of iOS/Android apps are   
   >> uploading our data to Google servers without us knowing that's happening.   
   >>   
   >   
   > So considering privacy has always been your topmost issue, how does this   
   > revelation affect your championing of Android over iOS? Does a greater lack   
   > of privacy still trump less functionality?   
      
   He will never admit that Android has a "greater lack of privacy" even if   
   true.   
      
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