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[return to "Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS"]
1. metall+n5[view] [source] 2021-03-30 19:57:16
>>gorman+(OP)
How to fully disable Google location tracking on your smartphone:

https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/10/08/how-to-fully-disabl...

How to disable personalized ads on Android:

https://www.androidguys.com/tips-tools/how-to-disable-person...

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2. cma+t6[view] [source] 2021-03-30 20:02:07
>>metall+n5
> Note that if you clear your cache, you will lose your opt-out setting.” Tap OK to continue and implement the change.

Which cache is that talking about, the browser, or some system level thing? Doesn't clearing your cache break some of their fingerprinting and tracking stuff (timing side channels, etc.)? Seems kind of egregious to have clearing that simultaneously opt you back in.

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