Re: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

On 2025-03-16 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:

You can have a /greater/ degree of privacy by following your instructions noted in the previous thread in relation to a Google account and the DSID cookie. But "privacy" isn't a term to be assumed where Android is concerned. There's an interesting article at <https:// www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/03/13/googles-android-decision-bad- news-for-all-samsung-pixel-users/>. (*** see below)

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(*** NB - scrolling down the article webpage results in a message: "Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information)". The browser page is then lost. I got round this by turning off my Wi-Fi immediately the page had loaded. The whole page could then be read by scrolling down)

Confirm (firefox on Linux)
You can bypass that by loading the page, and then on UBlock I click "disable javascript". I can then page down to the end.
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Cheers, Carlos.