Google Caught Recording Android Users Location Data. Google admits that it was gathering Android users location information. The Android devices would collect the addresses of the mobile towers and send the encrypted data back to Google. This is happening even when you turn off the location tracking function. Google sells location data to advertisers, so they can target Android users with contextually relevant ads. Ashkan Soltani, the former chief technologist for the Federal Trade Commission believes Oracle is behind this story.”]
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