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Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled

Posted on November 22, 2017 by pogowasright.org

Keith Collins reports:

Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t even inserted a carrier SIM card?

Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google when they’re connected to the internet, a Quartz investigation has revealed.

Read more on Quartz.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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