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Google is institutionally incapable of producing software that doesn't track its users over the internet.

One example is the stock calculator app on Android, which according to their privacy statement may track your app interactions, device id, and email. Like what if users actually subtract more than they add or something.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.google....

Or the wallpapers they include on your phone - you guessed it!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.google....

If that's the kind of environment you work in I'm not surprised this proposals seems modest by comparison.



As the saying goes, companies ship their org chart, and Google's is what, 90% ads?




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