Originally Posted by punkzanyj

This seems to come up almost every time there's a new Android device.

If you want to have complete control of your privacy, well, you're going to have to find a remote part of the world where no technology can reach you.


Right now, everyone who has posted on this website has left a trail that leads back to their doorstep, even if they're on WIFI at some coffee shop.

Every time you use a credit/Debit card, someone's compiling that information. They know where you were, and what you bought. Look at your receipt, it has your name, the store address, the date & time, the products, and the cashier on it, doesn't it?

From the time you leave for work to the time you head home in the evening you've been caught by at least half a dozen cameras. Security cameras inside and outside buildings, ATM cameras, traffic cameras, random people taking photos and video.

Got a cellphone? Then your cell company knows where you are, too. If they didn't know where you were, you wouldn't be able to make calls or receive them. As long as your phone is on, they know where you are. At least approximately.

Maybe you don't share info with Google, but what about your friends, family, coworkers, and aquaintances that do? Not all gmail email addresses end in "@gmail.com". If someone hacked my account they'd have names, phone numbers, and in many cases face pictures and addresses, some of them I even have the name and address of their employer as well. They'd see appointments where I met with this or that person, they'd see birthdays and anniversaries on my account, they'd even see text messages as those are backed up to Gmail. If you have a friend like me, your information is already on google's servers.

Certainly, people have the right to decide how they want to use their devices and what level of control they wish to have over their information. Honestly, though, unless you plan on moving to a cave somewhere, you don't have nearly the amount of control over your sensitive information that you like to think you do.