www.rancakmedia.com – Google collects more data from Android users than Apple from iOS users, according to a new research report. Researchers from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, compared data that Pixel phones share with Google with data that iPhones share with Apple, and found that Google collects 20 times more mobile data than Apple.
The investigation also found that Pixel and iPhone models, on average, exchange data quite frequently, even with “minimal setup”. According to a report, Google disagreed with the methodology behind the investigation.
Mobile privacy research conducted by Douglas J. Leith and his team at Trinity College Dublin pitted Google’s Pixel phones against Apple’s iPhones to determine which manufacturer collects more user data. It found that Pixel and iPhone models exchange data with their respective manufacturers on average every 4.5 minutes. The data collected includes IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM and IMSI serial number, handset phone number, and others, as well as telemetry.
When a user inserts a SIM card into one of these smartphones, Google and Apple details are sent. iOS is known to send the MAC addresses of nearby devices as well as their GPS locations to Apple. iOS users can’t turn this off, and there doesn’t seem to be any realistic option to prevent it from happening.
If both phones don’t log in and send the IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number and phone number to the manufacturer, it will collect the Android ID, resettable device identifier, or advertising ID used for measurement and display (RDID/display – ID)) and the DroidGuard key used to generate the certificate. In comparison, Apple only collects UDID and Advertising ID.
Apple was found to collect user locations even when they are not logged in, as well as local IP addresses, while Google is not. Google also collects Wi-Fi MAC addresses while Apple does not. Both operating systems send telemetry data even if the user rejects it.
Within 10 minutes of launch, Google will collect about 1MB of data, while Apple will collect about 42KB. In sleep mode, Google collects about 1MB of data every 12 hours, while Apple collects about 52KB.
In the Arstechnica report that first discovered the study, a Google spokesperson said that Google disagreed with the study’s methodology.
“We found flaws in the researchers’ methodology for measuring data volume, and we disagree with the paper’s claim that Android devices share 20 times more data than iPhones. According to our study, these results are an order of magnitude behind, and we shared our methodological concerns with researchers prior to publication. “It went on to say: “This study largely explains how smartphones work.
Modern cars regularly send basic data to automakers about vehicle components, their safety status, and maintenance schedules, and cell phones work in a very similar way. This report describes the notifications used to ensure that the iOS or Android software is up to date, the service is working as intended, and the phone is secure and efficient. ”
The report added that according to the representative, the statement that Android users could refuse to share telemetry data was “inaccurate”. Google believes that this data is important for the normal operation of Android devices and that telemetry data is not handled based on Android usage and diagnostics.
