Just enabled DDG's app track protection to test it out. Had Nekogram opened for a few mins, and Google already made 234 data collection attempts. I know the Big Guys are hungry for personal data, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2024
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Note that this is attempts: any app that fails to reach a target server might just keep trying repeatedly, even upon failure.
If the app was something besides Google, I might even wager it would probably make fewer successful connections if it weren't blocked to begin with.
This is most likely because the app keeps retrying. If it were successful, the number would be much lower.
Probably yes, I see this as well on my pihole...some devices/apps run amok if they can't reach their home and send multiple requests per second
this is crazy or whatever i guess but your phone is a living breathing data collecting MACHINE until you get a custom OS. Graphene, Lineage, etc.
Google and other software runs as a root context in these stock operating systems, so it can see and do whatever it wants on all possible levels, even scanning your screen and keylogging your typing. if you collecting things about your Nekogram was bad? think again lol. there's much worse.
go study about how the OS works. then get a custom rom.
I actually am planning on installing an android alternative, but I do not know which OS supports my redmi 13C. I also fear the loss warranty because editing/changing/modding/rooting the stock system makes the warranty void. I mean my phone's still new, bought it somewhere near the end of January this year.
look into Lineage,but otherwise you may have to get new hardware.
and yes, doing anything that might improve your quality of daily living will always void the warranty on hardware, because improving your life would be very bad for them.
Is it mostly retries?
Probably
Most of their entire business model relies on collecting data hand over fist, constantly. Hell, even actively not using their products doesn't even make you safe.
I bite my thumb at google
That DDG app is interesting, so it records inter process communication without root? How?
It acts similar to a VPN connection and is able to block network requests to tracking sites/APIs.
Ah so Nekogram connected to Google?
You are part of a proprietary service, you cannot be surprised.