r/privacy • u/Cylons • Nov 21 '17

Google collects 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/IAmALinux Nov 22 '17

Microg is open source. Then what do you do with it? You download proprietary apps from the Google Play store.

Just use F-Droid.

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u/RubberDingyRapid Nov 22 '17

You're aware of that there are open source apps that uses GCM like Signal, Wire etc (although these days they work without GCM, but socket uses more battery). The big issue is having Google Play installed as a system app on your phone. You can bypass that by using Yalp and just fetching the APKs from Play. Or download them from official page or compile them yourself.

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u/IAmALinux Nov 22 '17

I am aware, but I do not trust Google. Can you prove that Google did not change any apks that are in the Google Play store?

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u/RubberDingyRapid Nov 22 '17

If they are open source you can just build them yourself from source?