On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:09:04 AM UTC-7, Sqwertz wrote:
> On 10 Feb 2015 16:02:19 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
> > ....cuz it's sure a lot smarter than me!
> >
> > Yes, I took the bait. A real adroid tracfone for $30. Plus I had
> > about 18 hrs unused time. Now, I can make it call my land-line. Not
> > much else. I guess I'm supposed to sign some sorta EULA w/ gobble to
> > get the rest of the connectivity features/apps working. How does one
> > go about opening a bogus gobble acct?
>
> I installed an Android emulator on my PC just to see what it's all
> about and I'm floored by all the spyware mechanisms that Google has
> injected into their Android devices.
>
> You can register for a google account with a throwaway email address,
> but if you want a gmail address you have to give them yoru phone
> number (not that they wouldn't just steal it out of your cellphone
> anyway).
>
> Be prepared to give up all your privacy by using an Android device.
>
> -sw

My Tablet keeps asking for my location but I refuse to give it to them. Surely they have it by now anyway. Yes, Google is sneaky and devious.