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Usa an iPhone?
Doesn't Apple do something similar however? When you turn WiFi off on your iPhone a prompt appears saying that it's better to turn it on for "better location tracking" or something like that.
Google uses the whole bag of tricks to correlate your location and other personal information, they are actively engaging in a surveillance system which previous Stasi members (yes Eastern Germany) have described as a wet dream. That can include any number of avenues, including from implants they've put on devices you may carry. For example, even if you don't have location services on, depending on the model it will…
If people actually looked at the machines and code doing the tracking, they would find out that advertising online is tied to complete electromagnetic surveillance of the entire globe, including people's inner speech and bodily actions. The same people responsible for Havana Syndrome have coerced their way into the tech industry and, as you said, privacy will only be had with a fight. Petty criminals are recruited on…
You would have to equate "em surveillance" with all radio (that is em after all), and coverage of course varies by location.
As for inner speech and bodily actions that does go too far because its much simpler, and has little to do with the other.
They use a combination of psychological blindspots, mass media, and indoctrination to influence the latter. It could be as simple as a sound that previously was associated with a dopamine hit, or other conditioned response. Cialdini wrote a book on the subject covering the most common blindspots.
As for the rest, that's a bit off the rails sir.
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Not just that, I also constantly get German Wikipedia articles as top result when my browser and OS are set to English. If it were only the UI, that would be better because I know the buttons by heart already (not a given for every user, of course). I've always wondered what I'm supposed to do when on holiday in a country with a different script that I can't make heads or tails of. I'll have to practice my japanese o…
With DDG, you can switch the location slider on, and it seems to use your IP then.
whereas it could just do keyword matching like I ask it to
I am facing a different tyranny from Google. I just moved to US from a different country. I am not able to install any US based apps as Google play store has my original country tied in. Google knows I am in the US, but they want me to give a payment instrument (Paypal, or Credit card) before they allow me to update the country.
Use an alternative app store, like Aurora which allows you to access Play Store anonymously, or just download from an apk hosting site (apkpure or similar). For your privacy, just log out of google completely on your phone and preferably install a custom ROM that doesn't spy on you (GrapheneOS, CalyxOS if you have pixel, /e/ os otherwise)
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With DDG, you can switch the location slider on, and it seems to use your IP then.
Yep, so I have to tap the language menu, tap the search field, type ger, select Germany... whereas it could just do keyword matching like I ask it to