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raffraffraff on Oct 13, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Android phones are sending significant amount of u...

TL;DR: They track long-lived phone identifiers and some send usage data like:

> Xiaomi telemetry logs the user interaction with the dialer app when receiving a phone call, including the start and end times of the call

...and Microsoft SwiftKey logs the apps you open, how many characters you typed (with timestamps), and sends crash dumps that contain who-knows-what.

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