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How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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They have a hidden app with every permission enabled already and you can't change that.

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[–] who@feddit.org 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is why the first thing I do with a new phone is to unlock the bootloader and replace the OS with LineageOS. Google Play Services are not welcome on my hardware.

It would be easier and safer if more phones officially allowed re-locking the bootloader with our own keys.

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