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Android Mobile OS Snooping By Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei and Realme Handsets
"We find that even when minimally configured and the handset is idle these vendor-customized Android variants transmit substantial amounts of information to the OS developer and also to third-parties (Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook etc) that have pre-installed system apps. While occasional communication with OS servers is to be
expected, the observed data transmission goes well beyond this and raises a number of privacy concerns. There is no opt out from this data collection."
https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/Android_privacy_report.pdf
@barefootstache I feel that there will be a mass exodus of Linux users when the pine phone proves useful as a daily driver. These companies have a true monopoly and are exploiting it.