I needed a separate phone number for Business. I want to protect my personal number as much as I can. So a PAYG SIM and a trip to eBay solved that problem.
I have had Apple products for centuries. I trust them (as much as you can) with my data. I don’t need a second Apple account and I didn’t want the business number to be connected in any way. So I got an Android phone. Samsung Galaxy S9.
It is horrible.
You have to be really careful setting it up. I’ll not go into the nitty gritty – but at EVERY opportunity it will pressure and trick you into giving up access and data. After initial setup I had to check everything else to ensure it didn’t have access to anything I didn’t want it to.
Awful experience and I don’t trust it one bit but it solves a bigger problem and will only be used for business.
I’m thinking of watching the ‘Social Dillema’ movie, but I fear I may get shouty and grumpy.
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You know that no matter what setting you have that Maps will still track you?
Denied all app permissions for that and disabled maps (don’t need to use it on that phone). So hopefully that helps but wouldn’t be surprised
I did that.
I still got emails about where I’d been.
Been saying it for years – Google are part of the problem.
They are not part of any solution.
Yup! Irritates me that I can’t delete these apps either. Hopefully location services disabled on the entire phone help somewhat