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'''[[Android]]''', the global top mobile operating system,<ref>https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide</ref> is used to power billions of devices globally. Tests have shown that Android phones transmit user data to Google on multiple occasions even when users try to restrict sharing of data via settings. This has encouraged increasing alarm over user privacy, transparency, and personal data control. | '''[[Android]]''', the global top mobile operating system,<ref>https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide</ref> is used to power billions of devices globally. Tests have shown that Android phones transmit user data to Google on multiple occasions even when users try to restrict sharing of data via settings. This has encouraged increasing alarm over user privacy, transparency, and personal data control. | ||
A study found that data collection happens without any chance to opt out even before the user has even opened their first app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Connor |date= | A study found that data collection happens without any chance to opt out even before the user has even opened their first app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Connor |date=4 Mar 2025 |title=How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Register}}</ref> | ||
Moreover, most phone vendors do their own tracking on top and pre-install so-called bloatware in exchange for payment from the respective company, such as social media and shopping apps (Facebook, TikTok, Aliexpress, eBay, …), which transmit data in the background without user consent even if the apps are never even opened and the user never agreed to their TOS.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trinity College Dublin |date=October 11, 2021 |title=Study reveals scale of data-sharing from Android mobile phones |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2021-10-reveals-scale-data-sharing-android-mobile.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=TechXplore}}</ref> | Moreover, most phone vendors do their own tracking on top and pre-install so-called bloatware in exchange for payment from the respective company, such as social media and shopping apps (Facebook, TikTok, Aliexpress, eBay, …), which transmit data in the background without user consent even if the apps are never even opened and the user never agreed to their TOS.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trinity College Dublin |date=October 11, 2021 |title=Study reveals scale of data-sharing from Android mobile phones |url=https://techxplore.com/news/2021-10-reveals-scale-data-sharing-android-mobile.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=TechXplore}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Android]] | [[Category:Android]] | ||
[[Category:Data | [[Category:Data collection]] | ||