Re: Why do so many people confuse Google's Firebase (cloud API) with Google Services Google Firebase App Indexing (search results)?

On 23/06/2024 01:58, Arno Welzel wrote:

But again: if you don't trust Google, don't use their products!

If you want a cellphone which doesn't watch you there's really only PinePhone OS available, and that's hardly a system everybody can use. Anything else, and Google (or Apple), the phone manufacturer, and the cellphone operator will be recording what you are doing with the phone and where you are while you're doing it. Sure, a rooted phone will cut down what Google can do, but you can't guarantee it has stopped everything. If you /think/ you've turned it off or uninstalled/deactivated it (whatever "it" is!) how do you know?
Basically, if you use a cellphone, assume someone, somewhere, is watching and recording.
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Jeff