Trackers in Signal Android wierd (lemmy.ml)

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[-] helix@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

Glad that I scrolled down and found a proper answer :) You're right. Google might track people using Signal this way, but it doesn't mean they have access to information they don't already have.

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