Submitted by Sorin61 t3_z8l6sc in technology
ViralShadow_ t1_iyc8o8d wrote
Reply to comment by Squid8742 in Gmail now learns from your behaviour, but there's a catch by Sorin61
They got caught tracking iphone activity even when tracking etc is turned off, but sure, just trust them.
Orbital666 t1_iycvhnc wrote
No they didn’t. That’s a bullshit story. Of course if you want step tracking to work you have to allow access to other sensors. If you want to use Maps of course your location is by definition being shared. People that read that story and ran with it don’t understand how things work and it shows.
ViralShadow_ t1_iycwjh5 wrote
So bullshit that they are being sued.
Squid8742 t1_iyc97bp wrote
When was the last time that Apple sold anyone’s private information?
ViralShadow_ t1_iycco9c wrote
It would be ideal to not trust any company to collect every small bit of info they are able to. If the idea is privacy/security, then the company hosting the service should secure it from themselves (proton mail for example).
MysteriousPepperoni t1_iyd0zrl wrote
When did Google? Google sells ads, not information, Apple wants to sell ads as well.
ViralShadow_ t1_iyd1w1y wrote
"Google Ads runs an auction every single time it has an ad space available -- on a search result, or on a blog, news site, or some other page. Each auction decides which ads will show at that moment in that space. Your bid puts you in the auction." Which effectively is selling your data without selling it, they put all your info up, for a advertiser to buy an ad placement, they are indirectly selling your info.
MysteriousPepperoni t1_iyeqr9p wrote
Again that's not data. Data is Google's most prized asset, they will never sell it. They sell the possibility of companies interacting (usually by ads) with specific profiles/personas theses companies are after.
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