How Big Tech Finds Your Exact Location -- Even When You're Hiding It
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CS5o2AFpEJ0
Video attached is edited from 13.41mins.
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Summary / paraphrased
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All people are victims when using a Google Android phone
Identifiers all track you and can triangulate position (google knows where each one of it's phones are) by these methods and cross-referencing them:
APPS with privileges (big pain) + IMEI of phone + IP address + MAC address of WIFI / Network adapter + Location (EXIF in pics, GPS data etc) + Browser fingerprints + profile cookies (1 login in for all?) + nearby WIFI + Google ID / AppleID / CAPTCHAS to check you...
A lot of stuff a Linux OS will solve AND some habits it might train you out of.
So for example VPN is good but being logged into accounts or sharing just pings your location, or while watching videos might reveal things or just many things together reveal you
including Cross device tracking (not just 1 device - things connect and pair together things)
MAINLY or good start is de-googling you existing phone because Google Login or Apples AppleID or whatever are the head of snake for identifying you and making things provable (the rest, even if you click is less provable 100% but they are slowly getting here to be able to do things later using 100% evidence).
2FA needs a google app <--- hence even de-googled phone means you need to install app even if you have a Linux phone.
That is why they push for 2FA so badly.
[edited: I got a comment that 2FA does NOT need a google app but it's becoming pushed more which means they will get their way if they want it. There are allegedly plenty of self-hosted options or are included with password managers... so I don't know maybe it's not a matter of time and can be a minor point.
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ANY MORE ADVICE ?
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If I'm wrong please let me know.
If you have a list of your own experience with de-google phone give review.
Help others do it and De-google?
How Big Tech Finds Your Exact Location -- Even When You're Hiding It
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CS5o2AFpEJ0
Video attached gives explanation
(edited from 13.41mins)
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wait a minute...
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Android is the Google's operating system... for mobiles?... 0_0
