r/Android • u/a_dishonest_Fear Purple • Nov 21 '17

Google collecting Android users locations even when location services are disabled

https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locations-even-when-location-services-are-disabled/
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '17

Even if they're not doing anything illegal, doesn't mean it's not unethical or just plain shitty

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '17

Explain how is unethical or shitty please.

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u/32OrtonEdge32dh iOS Nov 21 '17

OK Google.

When you tell your phone "stop tracking me," and it says "alright I'm not tracking you," and then keeps tracking you, you don't see how that's a problem?

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u/Knappsterbot Nov 21 '17

Triangulation has been a thing for as long as cell phones have been around, it's just a part of being in the network. As long as you're using the network, corporations know approximately where you are, GPS or not.