On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 11:16:38 AM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
> 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.

I just let my devices do whatever they want. I can pull up a diagram of my daily travels over the mountain. The points are all connected together and it comes out in the shape of a boot. I'm just happy that somebody is watching over me. :-)