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by Xeamek 638 days ago
Does any of it really matter if Your phone still is running GoogleMobileServices deeply integrated with the OS itself?
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janice1999 638 days ago
You can install a VPN based firewall and block it. I still would prefer it to not be there though.
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aaravchen 637 days ago
Actually you can't. Just like on iOS, researchers found that some of the deeply integrated Google system apps intentionally bypass the VPN. The VPN will reduce which ones report directly, but not eliminate many for the critical ones.
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