155: Android Sucks 10x More Data Than iPhone — Why?
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If you’re being given free drinks, it’s because somebody wants you drunk. Wait, what?
A week or so ago, a paper was published outlining just how much — and how frequently — Google collects our personal data through devices running Android and Chrome.
It was written by Douglas C. Schmidt, Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, who my colleague, Jerry Hildenbrand of Android Central said is, and I quote, “very well-versed in Android”
Here's what it says... and what it means for all of us.
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