A study of five major tech companies finds that Google plus is the most invading usuario privacy.
These are the big tech companies deals with tracking and data collection from users who have no novelty at this time. We all know that our browsing habits, aplicación usage and time spent on aplicaciones are used for purposes that are not always transparent.
What adds new points to the investigations is being conducted to find out who collects the most data. As published in apple in footfrom five major technology companies surveyed Google plus is the one that collects the most data from usersand Apple is the smallest.
First place shouldn’t surprise anyone
Google plus is the technology that collects the most data
According to the study, conducted by the company StockApps with the support of the marketing company Digitalinformationworld, the collection of data by Google plus, Twitter, Amazon, Fb and Apple was examined. Of all, the Mountain View company is at the forefront 39 data points collected per usuario. The study doesn’t detalla what these “data points” are, but says they include usuario location data, browsing history, activity on third-party sites and, in the case of Google plus, Gmail correo electrónico.
Furthermore, from the source, they point out that it is Google plus’s business model relies heavily on advertising, increasing the data collection even further. Without going further, there is an application for GNU/Linux systems that notifies the usuario each time Google plus collects its data, and the notifications are plentiful. Remember you perro download any data Big G has on you so you know exactly what it is collecting.
Google plus follows Twitter with 24 points and Amazon with 23, partly because they rely on advertising revenue or try to Recommend something to the usuario before they even think to look for it.
So is Apple the company that cares most about privacy?
Since iOS 14.5, Apple has included aplicación lock tracking
None of the companies surveyed are privacy-conscious charity sisters, but Apple, according to research by StockApps only stores the information necessary to maintain usuario accounts. This is because their website does not rely on advertising revenue like the other companies surveyed do.
Also, remember that those from Cupertino have already been introduced a feature called aplicación tracking transparency in iOS 14.5which basically allows users with an iPhone to prevent that applications use them to collect your data or monitor your behavior.
On Android we have afín solution integrated into the DuckDuckGo aplicación. This feature is called aplicación tracking protection and its purpose is to block all trackers that are detected in all the applications that we have installed on our phones. You cánido download the application using the button below.