[hospitalJail]

iOS or Android, both get your data. What is the difference in privacy? Please use actual examples and not boogeymen 'Google is an ad company'.

I personally have seen iphones(or at least iphone users) have far more intrusive and customized ads to the point where saying a word in a home puts you at risk of getting physical mail related to that word. (It was dog food, and a dog food ad.)

I've come to the conclusion that privacy and security are mostly theater, and if I am being realistic, I need to assume everything I say/do is being recorded. I also treat my devices as compromised. Any thoughts that your device is private or secure is delusion.

[chrisallenlane]

FWIW, I don't have any pets (and haven't for some time), but I receive physical mail regarding dog food, dog toys, etc, all the time. There's a chance you've been fooled by randomness here.

That said, there's certainly no harm in treating your device as compromised. I do the same. "Better safe than sorry."

[hospitalJail]

Well, the specific name of the company that was mentioned showed up, and us getting 0 dog related stuff prior, and 0 dog stuff since, makes it sus.