Android ja iOS keräävät dataa paljon

Tech companies have been talking more about privacy in recent years, and Apple proudly says that it protects user data more than anyone else. This week, new research by Douglas Leith from Trinity College showed that Google collects up to 20 times more data from Android users compared to the data Apple collects from iOS users.

https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/30/research-shows-google-collects-20x-more-data-from-android-than-apple-collects-from-ios/

Both iOS and Android, researcher Douglas Leith from Trinity College in Ireland said, transmit telemetry data to their motherships even when a user hasn’t logged in or has explicitly configured privacy settings to opt out of such collection. Both OSes also send data to Apple and Google when a user does simple things such as inserting a SIM card or browsing the handset settings screen. Even when idle, each device connects to its back-end server on average every 4.5 minutes.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/android-sends-20x-more-data-to-google-than-ios-sends-to-apple-study-says/

 https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/apple_google.pdf

Kokonaisuutena Amerikassa Google kerää dataa 2.6 TB vuorokaudessa.  Määrä mahtuu yhdelle SSD levylle eli ei kokonaisuudessaan ole mitenkään erityisen paljon.