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How did Google Play know my old device? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] eleutheros@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not greek but a friend taught me the word and I thought it made a nice analogy of what I'm trying to achieve :)

How did Google Play know my old device? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] eleutheros@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Great to know about what it sends. I was using fdroid on my more private profile, but did not know about Aurora Store, this one I will check out. I was using GP mainly to download my banking apps, which I sadly need by the time being.

Thanks for the info!

How did Google Play know my old device? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] eleutheros@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

I'm guessing same wifi SSID would be the most plausible? Since it is the only thing my sandboxed GP really has access to. Didn't think of it, thanks!

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How did Google Play know my old device? (lemmy.ml)
 

For context: I recently switched to a Pixel 9, installed GrapheneOS and created a profile just for some apps I need Play Store for, which is sandboxed btw. I created a new empty google account for it too.

So I was just downloading an app and saw the option to download it on my old device too, which made me wonder how GP knows about it, since I don't think I have anything on my new phone that could link to it (except my SIM I guess)

Any ideas?