Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
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Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
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#2I mean sure. Google certainly doesn't want wireless carriers to compete with them in advertising, and everyone having access to location data from smartphones just devalues Google's own access.
https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#3I mean sure. Google certainly doesn't want wireless carriers to compete with them in advertising, and everyone having access to location data from smartphones just devalues Google's own access. https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
Yep I was just going to say this. Google already sells your location data to advertisers, they are not the hero in this story.
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#4Say what you want about Google, its one of the few companies with a moral compass.
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#5Say what you want about Google, its one of the few companies with a moral compass.
Dragonfly.
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#6I mean sure. Google certainly doesn't want wireless carriers to compete with them in advertising, and everyone having access to location data from smartphones just devalues Google's own access. https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
Yeah, I was going to say... Of course Google made this demand. It's a no-brainer. Not only does it help ensure their competitors aren't profiting from the same data that Google does, but also its a beautiful PR stunt.
Not to say that they shouldn't be making this demand, but we should all keep in mind that they're not doing this out of the kindness of their hearts or because it's the ethical thing to do.
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#7I mean sure. Google certainly doesn't want wireless carriers to compete with them in advertising, and everyone having access to location data from smartphones just devalues Google's own access. https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
Yep I was just going to say this. Google already sells your location data to advertisers, they are not the hero in this story.
Citation needed.
Google makes it pretty clear that they do not sell any personal information to advertisers: https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#8I mean sure. Google certainly doesn't want wireless carriers to compete with them in advertising, and everyone having access to location data from smartphones just devalues Google's own access. https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locatio...
Yep I was just going to say this. Google already sells your location data to advertisers, they are not the hero in this story.
Do you have evidence of this?
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#9Say what you want about Google, its one of the few companies with a moral compass.
I think it's this case it was more of a case that they didn't stand to make money themselves from T-mobile and Sprint selling that data to others, since it's not something they could control.
Re: Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
#10Say what you want about Google, its one of the few companies with a moral compass.
Dragonfly.
Dragonfly is a complex topic. The good part about it is that Google is still having a conversation about it and hasn't launched the product once it was publicly known.
Note that I was born in India and have different views than American citizens due to having first hand experience with what information can do to transform lives.