Do you need a Google account to use an Android phone? Here’s what you’ll lose—and gain—if you choose not to sign in.

  • bartolomeo@suppo.fi
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    1 year ago

    Oh ok (I did), so wifi scanning on my phone is still phoning home to google then? It might be a conspiracy theory but turning on wifi scanning was the only way i could get google maps to work, which was not the case with stock android on the same phone. Can google detect the phone OS and throttle access to google services if they want to?

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      1 year ago

      WiFi scanning is not nessesary for location to work and as a proof we can use any other app other than Google Maps on deGoogled phone just fine.

      This option is officially used to build convinient location history on Google Maps and Google Photos and for building WiFi map for Google’s database. Both with creepy consequence - leaking 24/7 location of every Android phone by default.

      • bartolomeo@suppo.fi
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        1 year ago

        I just tested- Google Maps doesn’t work unless you turn on wifi scanning. Creeps.