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I suppose you already know that Google knows everything about us. Our age, our interests, everything we search for, everything we save in our favorites; with every click, every search, every upload, we leave a digital fingerprint (in both senses of the word). Google knows it all, and now, with its Android operating system—present on more than 80%(*) of phones worldwide—it has another eye: geolocation. Our smartphones that run Android (Samsung, Google Nexus, LG, HTC, Huawei, etc…) by default record the history of all our locations. To test it, all you need to do is visit this URL: ...

When talking about free software and an open internet, it’s always good to keep these ten commandments from Mozilla in mind. 📎 Source: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/ Principle 1 The internet is an integral part of modern life—a key component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole. Principle 2 The internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible. Principle 3 The internet must enrich the lives of individual human beings. ...