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by A4ET8a8uTh0 1170 days ago
Sorry for the late response.

Do you check every setting on your phone/tv/pc after you boot it up? It seems very impractical to me.

As a user, I assume that unless I explicitly changed something, my setup remains the same. I used to be able to trust that manufacturers won't try anything too stupid, but at that time the cost in performance, gear and PR was sufficient and incentive to sell information on you was not as prevalent.