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<div>Tip of the iceberg. Try deleting pre-installed Google apps... :-D</div><div><br></div><div>Some even act like malware e.g. a pre-installed "Photos" app (which I believe belongs to Google and which can't be removed) <b>silently uploaded</b> all my photos - violating <b>privacy </b>and eating <b>bandwidth </b>without my express consent, or knowledge, to Google <b>cloud servers</b> - I actually discovered this by accident and verified with another user... </div><div><br></div><div>I hope the privacy bill covers "<b>sync</b>" (for both cloud and devices) - a useful but potentially insidious feature that is prone to abuse.</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds.</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, January 10, 2019, 4:58:50 AM GMT+3, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp8b26dfd4yiv5784112884"><div><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Facebook has inked an unknown number of agreements with Android smartphone makers, mobile carriers and OSes around the world to not only pre-load Facebook’s eponymous app on hardware but render the software <em>undeleteable</em>; a permanent feature of your device, whether you like how the company’s app can track your every move and digital action or not.</p><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bloomberg spoke to a U.S. owner of a Samsung Galaxy S8 who, after reading forum discussions about Samsung devices, found his own pre-loaded <a href="https://crunchbase.com/organization/facebook" style="color:rgb(0,165,98);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook </a>app could not be removed. It could only be “disabled,” with no explanation available to him as to what exactly that meant.</p><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Galaxy S8 retailed for $725+ when it went on sale in the U.S. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/samsung-galaxy-s8-and-galaxy-s8-now-on-sale/" style="color:rgb(0,165,98);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">two years ago</a>.</p><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A Facebook spokesperson told Bloomberg that a disabled permanent app doesn’t continue collecting data or sending information back to the company, but declined to specify exactly how many such pre-install deals Facebook has globally.</p><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Samsung told the news organization it provides a pre-installed Facebook app on “selected models” with options to disable it, adding that once disabled, the app is no longer running.</p><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></p><p style="padding:0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/facebook-is-the-new-crapware/amp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/facebook-is-the-new-crapware/amp/</a></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pmaina2000%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pmaina2000%40yahoo.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br><br>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br></div>
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