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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoIf your phone is checking for that information, it’s a safe bet it’s reporting it back to Google.
minus-squareOboTheHobo@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoProbably. But that might be under the umbrella of optional usage statistics/reporting that you can opt out of. Since this new tracking would be “necessary” for their “security” feature to work, there’s no chance that it could be avoided.
If your phone is checking for that information, it’s a safe bet it’s reporting it back to Google.
Probably. But that might be under the umbrella of optional usage statistics/reporting that you can opt out of. Since this new tracking would be “necessary” for their “security” feature to work, there’s no chance that it could be avoided.