Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
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Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#2Could an admin please adjust the typo in the title? Goolgle -> Google
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#3Not mentioned in the headline: When the user is _not_ logged in, iOS collects "location" whereas Android does not.
I am actually a little surprised that iOS would gather this information. What use would it serve?
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#4" Modern cars regularly send basic data about vehicle components, their safety status and service schedules to car manufacturers, and mobile phones work in very similar ways." -Google
This is a beautiful quote because it is an example of one industry's bad behavior leading to another industry's bad behavior, upon which the first industry then users the second's similarity to justify themselves. Cars only started doing this because phones made it normal. It's wrong in both cases.
It's similar to when Apple defended it's 30% store cut by claiming it's an "industry standard"... specifically, an industry standard that Apple established.
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#5Not mentioned in the headline: When the user is _not_ logged in, iOS collects "location" whereas Android does not. I am actually a little surprised that iOS would gather this information. What use would it serve?
Find my iphone?
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#6I mean at this point it's obvious if you're using a digital device data is going to be collected, that's part of society and living in the 21st century; could be your toothbrush, fridge, washing machine, car...All these devices generate data that is going to be collected.
It's also changing how crime is investigated; Google can be asked for a list of smartphones in an area at a given time, can be used to collect evidence or information (were you in this building on this floor at this time?). Carrying a smartphone can implicate you (or not) and you can be photographed by anyone at any moment regardless of your "rights".
I think people need to understand you are responsible for what you do on a computer; your clicks, searches, taps, installed app list, and basically everything is being recorded regardless of consent (which appears to be an illusion these days).
This is neither shocking nor unexpected. Humans generate data, data is going to be collected and used.
That's not going to change any time soon. Some thought Google would introduce a similar privacy feature to Apple's tracking consent but I lol'd at anyone who believed that.
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#7As users, we are assured that telemetry is only for the purpose of "improving products and services", "improving user experience", etc. If one company is collecting 20x as much as another, all else being equal, one would expect that this would be reflected in the quality of the product/service/experience.
Of course, Google's service is to advertisers, first and foremost. Users generally do not pay for what they receive from Google. Perhaps Google's paying customers, advertisers, are the ones seeing the improvement in the quality of service as a direct or indirect result of telemetry.
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#8Not mentioned in the headline: When the user is _not_ logged in, iOS collects "location" whereas Android does not. I am actually a little surprised that iOS would gather this information. What use would it serve?
You really expect the headline to list out arbitrary specific examples?
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#9Not mentioned in the headline: When the user is _not_ logged in, iOS collects "location" whereas Android does not. I am actually a little surprised that iOS would gather this information. What use would it serve?
Find My Phone? It is a choice to enroll in this, and it’s mighty convenient when you lose or get your phone stolen.
Re: Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
#10Could an admin please adjust the typo in the title? Goolgle -> Google
The OP can also edit the title for a period of time after submission.