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Allegedly it all happens locally, but it is hard to trust a silently added proprietary blob that is designed to be used invisibly in many applications. I feel like it is a severe enough risk to be addressed on this page or as a separate wiki page.

:Created page as a jumping off point: https://wiki~~.rossmanngroup.com~~/~~wiki~~/Android [[User:NDN|NDN]] ([[User talk:NDN|talk]]) 16:45, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

:Created page as a jumping off point: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Android [[User:NDN|NDN]] ([[User talk:NDN|talk]]) 16:45, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

==Stadia shutdown==

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:Eeeek! That is definitely worth mentioning, maybe in its own article? [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|<i><b>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson</b></i>]] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 19:18, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

::I'm not sure if it really needs its own article; why would it? [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:12, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

:I've linked this topic [[Talk:Android ~~Data Collection~~|there]], but it didn't show up [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Talk:Google|here]] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:20, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

:I've linked this topic [[Talk:Android data collection|there]], but it didn't show up [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Talk:Google|here]] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:20, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

::What Links Here doesn’t work like that. It counts all links to that place with the hyperlink format. So for example, if I link to the main google article like this: [[Main Page]], checking [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Main Page|the WLH for the main page]] this will show up in that list as I linked to it (if you get what I mean). [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:07, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

:::Thanks! It works now. I assumed the <code>#</code> didn't work for internal links [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 05:31, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

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== Gboard requires PIN to clear learned words ==

~~The~~ Gboard [[Android]] app forces the user to input an ad-hoc randomly-generated 4digit sequence to delete all learned words. Asking the user for confirmation is fine, but I find it extremely questionable that the prompt is a PIN, as if deleting that data is a life-or-death situation [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 23:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Since months (years?) ago, the Gboard [[Android]] app forces the user to input an ad-hoc randomly-generated 4digit sequence to delete all learned words. Asking the user for confirmation is fine, but I find it extremely questionable that the prompt is a PIN, as if deleting that data is a life-or-death situation [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 23:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

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 Allegedly it all happens locally, but it is hard to trust a silently added proprietary blob that is designed to be used invisibly in many applications. I feel like it is a severe enough risk to be addressed on this page or as a separate wiki page.
-:Created page as a jumping off point: https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Android [[User:NDN|NDN]] ([[User talk:NDN|talk]]) 16:45, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
+:Created page as a jumping off point: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Android [[User:NDN|NDN]] ([[User talk:NDN|talk]]) 16:45, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
 ==Stadia shutdown==
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 :Eeeek! That is definitely worth mentioning, maybe in its own article? [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|<i><b>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson</b></i>]] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 19:18, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
 ::I'm not sure if it really needs its own article; why would it? [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:12, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
-:I've linked this topic [[Talk:Android Data Collection|there]], but it didn't show up [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Talk:Google|here]] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:20, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
+:I've linked this topic [[Talk:Android data collection|there]], but it didn't show up [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Talk:Google|here]] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 12:20, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
 ::What Links Here doesn’t work like that. It counts all links to that place with the hyperlink format. So for example, if I link to the main google article like this: [[Main Page]], checking [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Main Page|the WLH for the main page]] this will show up in that list as I linked to it (if you get what I mean). [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:07, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
 :::Thanks! It works now. I assumed the <code>#</code> didn't work for internal links [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 05:31, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
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 == Gboard requires PIN to clear learned words ==
-The Gboard [[Android]] app forces the user to input an ad-hoc randomly-generated 4digit sequence to delete all learned words. Asking the user for confirmation is fine, but I find it extremely questionable that the prompt is a PIN, as if deleting that data is a life-or-death situation [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 23:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
+Since months (years?) ago, the Gboard [[Android]] app forces the user to input an ad-hoc randomly-generated 4digit sequence to delete all learned words. Asking the user for confirmation is fine, but I find it extremely questionable that the prompt is a PIN, as if deleting that data is a life-or-death situation [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 23:34, 3 April 2026 (UTC)