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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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How to Quit Google, According to a Privacy Expert (lifehacker.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The choose is:

Apple iOS: Propably being spied by manufacturer, can be spied by NSA, can't do anything to improve this.

Google Android: Know you're spied by Google, know you're spied by manufacturer, know you're spied by third-party, can be spied by NSA. But most of times you can cut them all (except NSA) off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I’m no expert, but that sounds about right, unless you de-Google your Android, which I have no experience with, never having used Android myself.