If you are a lead suspect in a crime, Google may be forced to give police access to your location data under a “geofence warrant”. The only time in which your data leaves the hand of Google is when ordered by a court or policing unit.
Google uses the data to find what adverts would best be presented to you and then sells the advertising slot knowing that you are the best likely customer. One of the biggest reasons this is concerning is the claimed sale of your personal data.Īt the moment, Google does not sell your data directly. Besides, a few targeted ads in exchange for the use of a great operating system doesn’t sound like a bad deal.
This allows Apple to still make money from users internet information while retaining the ability to claim the moral high ground, simply shifting the blame to Google, who actually uses the user information.įor the most part, most people either don’t understand or just don’t care. In 2021 Google has paid Apple $15 billion to remain the default search engine of the safari browser, allowing Google to collect the user’s search information and provide targeted advertisements. Tim Cook, Apple’s current CEO, went on record saying “We at Apple believe that privacy is a fundamental human right” and Apple have backed up that statement for the most part, besides one glaring omission. A completely closed off system where the only data collected about you, is used to improve the iOS experience.
There are many other smaller operating systems, but these two giants own more than 99% of the market space. The CulpritsĪs it stands there are only two major operating systems for phones, iOS and Android made by Apple and Google respectively. When we discuss privacy in this sense, it is not so much that a hacker has access to your information, but your information is being collected and used by the very company you are trusting to protect you. The modern age of the internet has brought constant access to everything we may want to see or know, at a huge cost to privacy.
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