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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Is Google Pixel actually good for privacy? (lemmy.basedcount.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hear many people say that the Google Pixel is good for privacy, but is it?

I'm asking this because I find it weird, of all the companies, Google having the most “privacy”.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not sure how I should feel about that. It's highly likely any party engaged in tracking activities will try to grab as much data as they can. So a non-Google device seems like it would be doing twice the amount of data collection.

But considering Google also controls the hardware design of the Pixel, it wouldn't surprise me if they have some additional tricks up their sleeve.

What we really need is a full open-source phone, including firmware. Maybe we'll get there one day.