Following the Android location tracking scandal, another research report said that the data sent by idle Android devices to Google Inc. is nearly 10 times that of iOS devices sending data to Apple servers.
According to a research report by Douglas Schmidt, a professor at Vanderbilt University in the United States, which is published by the industry organization Digital Content Next, the test shows that Android phones running in the background of Chrome browser release 340 location data to Google within 24 hours. About 14 times per hour. Location data accounts for 35% of the total data traffic sent by Android phones to Google.
In the idle state, Chrome's Android phone running in the background sends data to Google at a speed 50 times that of the iPhone running Safari. Schmidt said that if Safari is used, Google cannot be from the browser or its main device. Collect so much data unless the user is actively using it.
Google confirmed last week that Google still continues to record location data after the 'Location History' setting is disabled. To prevent more thorough tracking, users must also disable the second setting 'Network and App Activity'. Google in Location History The practice of setting up has led to class actions, which in theory may force Google to modify its policies to avoid being fined.
