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How to stop Google from watching and listening on my phone? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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...within reason. I know that the top answer will be to flash a different OS on your device. A lot of us are not at that point right now.

So I was texting with my wife in Spanish and suddenly a system bubble popped up, "would you like to translate this to English?" At a minimum, this means that Google is reading the words on my screen at all times to detect the language. I don't know if this is possibly done on device, but translation certainly isn't. I've already changed my system translation app to Translate You.

I've noticed other times that Google watches or listens in the background. It has a feature to detect ambient songs playing, for example.

What other standard settings should I check for to prevent Google from watching and listening to my phone in the background?

Edit: I was not using a Google messeging app at the time. It was detecting the text from another app. The specific setting in this case was to switch off "Live Translate," in System settings.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I only use Google Maps because it warns of police speed traps. Do other apps have similar warnings?

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

No idea, but it's a sacrifice you need to make to un-Google yourself. I personally use Waze (owned by Google apparently, but still) with location services set to ask me every time

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe Waze does. But I use google maps sinply because it has the most accurate real-time info because of the sheer volume of data it crowdsources.

[–] hendu@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Waze does, but it's also owned by Google. IIRC, Waze is where Google gets the data for police locations in maps.