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[–] ibepokey [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

i removed facebook from my phone long ago, as soon as the permissions for the app went to (vaguely) sharing EVERYTHING, including access to my camera and microphone.

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[–] northernarcher ago 

Me. But I know Google and the NSA track me through a billion and a half other means regardless.

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[–] ibepokey [S] ago 

honestly, lately, I've been looking for a way to keep both sides of my phone covered at all times, since it has 2 cameras, and a decent FOV on each. not much i can do about the mics but keep it in a room separate.

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[–] NoneOfTheAbove ago 

I would, but I use maps too much. Besides, I wouldn't trust Google to actually stop tracking me if they really wanted to.

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[–] Vaati ago 

I turned it and geotagging photos off, although I assume that it still tracks me for mobile data and wi-fi.

Not that I care all that much about tracking me over wi-fi. I only access it in my house, and google already knows that from all the times I've looked up directions.

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[–] ibepokey [S] ago 

yeah, once i turned location off, geotags stopped appearing in my photos. was nice to see that was changed.

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[–] Alias_Unknown ago 

Yeah I turned that off long ago. It's just a little unsettling. It turns on automatically when my phone hits 15% or less so that I can check it's last location of it's lost or whatever. Which isn't such a bad idea.

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[–] Elemental_Lightning ago 

I honsetly don't care. I only turn it off because it kills my battery life, rather fast. If they want to track me, let them. Why? Because at futher date, its nice to go back and see where. Or what i did. Kinda like how people take photos of there vacation. (I block out memories because of traumatized past. This way it floods my mind with a "oh, yeah!")

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[–] dabork ago  (edited ago)

Turning off location only turns off GPS location, so assuming it even actually does that and it's not just a farce, they can still easily locate you with almost as much accuracy just using your connection to the cell towers and any wifi access points around you, so I hope you also turn on airplane mode every time too.

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[–] Phuffu ago 

Always have it off, but mostly because it saves battery.

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