Google follows Android users before opening the applications, the report indicates

It is almost supposed that the use of a smartphone means that A business somewhere follows you. However, people usually expect to really use it before it starts to follow their use. Apparently, for Android At least users may not be the case.

A Recent study by DJ Leith at Trinity College Dublin I took a deep dive into the disorderly world of devices, trackers and analysis cookies on Android devices and found that Google follows users before I even have a chance to open an application. Leith was able to identify at least 14 cookies, trackers and identifiers of devices that are created and stored on Android devices almost immediately after the configuration.

Worse, there is no means to be permanently withdrawn.

“No consent is sought or given to store one of these cookies and other data, the objectives are not indicated, and there is no deactivation of this data storage,” wrote Leith in the study. “Most of this data are stored even when the device is inactive after resetting factory and no Google application has never been opened by the user, that is to say that they have not been defined in response to the services requested explicitly by the user.”

Leith postulates that the reason is due to the connection process on Android devices. Once you connect with your Google account, you are automatically connected to each Google application that is preinstalled on the device from Google Play Store has GmailAnd therefore, applications.

Some trackers and cookies are easy enough to find information. An example is the DSID cookie, which Google says is “used to identify a user signed on non -Google sites so that the customization setting for user ads is respected accordingly.” Leith noted that Google’s explanation is vague and does not explain to the origin of the cookie because it exists on Android devices even if no application is open.

Another trackers is the Android google ID. Leith says that this device identifier is done during configuration, can survive factory reset and transmits data on the user even if they are not connected to a Google account.

The report lists everything that Leith could find on the 14 trackers he was able to identify, including where they can come from, where they are stored and how they work. However, the underlying message is clear. Users must mow a ton of parameters, authorizations and other hoops to put an end to some of them. There is nothing that a user can do to deactivate or delete them all.

Google has recently been criticized for its security and confidentiality practices. Last month, Google drew anger from Android users by SAFETYCORE force installation On Android devices. This is a characteristic that was to increase safety by filtering sensitive content. But Google has reduced the launch by installing it on Android devices without consent without telling anyone exactly what it does or how it works. It is Deployment of redesigned results about your tool It was much better because it allows people easier access to delete their Google search data.