• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    Just want to note here that suspicion does not equal proof. Consider honestly what you are trying to accomplish, and what the risks are. There are absolutely scenarios in which even raising suspicion is unacceptable, and others where it isn’t.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      17 hours ago

      I’m not selling dope, I just don’t need Google knowing everywhere I went on the way to the doctor’s office, where I’ll probably sit and look at cat videos in the waiting room. I have anxiety and I can’t stand surveillance like this constantly.

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        15 hours ago

        Have you tried risk management instead? You can turn off your cellular network, wifi network, and Bluetooth. Hell, you can just toggle on air plane mode. This should theoretically turn off GPS too.

        If this isn’t enough management then you’re suspecting that the OS is somehow keeping track of you or there’s some firmware that is bypassing OS controls to track you. Unless you are doing something highly illegal or you are someone highly important, I highly doubt this is the case.

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        16 hours ago

        De Google your phone if your that paranoid. Switch to Apple if unable to degoogle phone.