@lautan@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoApple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Androidwww.apple.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10file-text
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Apple and Google have teamed up to deliver support for unwanted Bluetooth tracking alerts in iOS and Android.
minus-square@pHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•edit-21 year agoGoogle did not put it in Android. They put it in Google Services Framework. Ironically, GSF is the first part you rip out to protect your privacy.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoLemmy definitely has a lot of very tech savvy users
minus-squareSumelinkfedilinkEnglish-3•1 year agoThis for tracking taggers like the thing Apple has, whatever it’s called. Not data tracking
minus-square@pHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoGSF is where most of Google’s invasive user tracking happens. It’s proprietary, closed source and is not part of AOSP (Android Open Source Project). It is, by definition, spyware.
Google did not put it in Android. They put it in Google Services Framework. Ironically, GSF is the first part you rip out to protect your privacy.
Lemmy definitely has a lot of very tech savvy users
This for tracking taggers like the thing Apple has, whatever it’s called. Not data tracking
GSF is where most of Google’s invasive user tracking happens. It’s proprietary, closed source and is not part of AOSP (Android Open Source Project). It is, by definition, spyware.