I saw this on infinity for Reddit earlier, I don’t know if there’s a workaround for this or not.

  • @[email protected]
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    668 months ago

    According to the posted link, the network can be turned off entirely if you wish, and you could just not use Google Play Services on your device, and that should also stop this.

    • nomad
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      218 months ago

      GrapheneOS w/o Google tools Schoulf be safe.

      • @[email protected]
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        128 months ago

        It appears to require a Google account to do the tracking. So yeah, without Google services, you should be perfectly safe. Since you have no Google account registered on device and no services that run rogue in the background,

          • @[email protected]
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            148 months ago

            The article did not say specifically how it was getting added to Android 15, because if it’s in AOSP, then yeah, there’s definitely a problem. But if it’s in Google Play Services, which seems likely, then it would not be as big of an issue.

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            If it works anything like Apple’s Find My (which it appears to do) then no you won’t be trackable.

            • @[email protected]
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              38 months ago

              I don’t care. I want to be able to disable Bluetooth completely. If Android (even AOSP) doesn’t let me, it’s dead for me

    • @[email protected]
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      158 months ago

      While I like those options, they are definitely not for everyone. Those problems are collective, protecting the privacy of 1% of the population is as good as protecting nobody.

    • @Mango
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      48 months ago

      Oh yeah, you can totally turn it off. 🤫😉

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      On, that’s fine. I wouldn’t install that shit on my phone anyway.

      As long as it’s not in AOSP, no problem