This whole Google/Apple/whoever knowing everything I do crap is starting to really tick me off

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February 22, 2025, 12:17 PM

Gustofer

This whole Google/Apple/whoever knowing everything I do crap is starting to really tick me off

I sent a text to gal I know. Above the sent text is the line "Text Message - RCS".

I don't recall having seen that before above any texts, so I whipped out the laptop and began typing.

I intended to type, "What does text message-RCS mean". I got as far as "W-H" and the drop down menu suggestion came up with "what does text message-RCS mean".

I don't like this. I don't like it one bit.

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February 22, 2025, 01:19 PM

oddball

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February 22, 2025, 02:05 PM

parabellum

It's just a messaging protocol. No one is spying on you.

February 22, 2025, 02:22 PM

Muddflap

Anytime an iPhone sends a message to an android device, you’ll see that message.

February 22, 2025, 03:07 PM

Gustofer

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
It's just a messaging protocol.

I understand this now.

My point was that I didn't know what it was, so I tried typing it into my Google search bar, on my MacBook, not my phone, and got two letters in and Google knew what I was going to ask.

That ain't right.

quote:
No one is spying on you.

Care to wager?

I could have been asking, "W-Hy do I have a rash on my scrotum", or, "W-Hat is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow". But no, Google somehow knew that I was going to ask "W-Hat does text message-RCS mean". You don't find that alarming?

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February 22, 2025, 07:20 PM

PASig

RCS is a newer mesenging protocol that is supposed to make texting between Apple and Android easier and less troublesome. Apple uses iMessage which sometimes has problems talking to Android and RCS is supposed to fix that is my understanding.

February 22, 2025, 09:39 PM

parabellum

quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
quote:
No one is spying on you.
Care to wager?

OK, sure. You're right. You're being spied on. They're everywhere. When you sit on your toilet, they're peepin' your balls.

Have it your way. I don't really care.

February 24, 2025, 05:20 PM

sjtill

Google and Apple have opposite business models.
For Apple, you are the customer, and they promise to protect your privacy.
For Google, you are the product, and they sell your information to advertisers.
I've seen nothing to contradict that difference.

February 24, 2025, 06:07 PM

HRK

quote:
You're being spied on. They're everywhere. When you sit on your toilet, they're peepin' your balls.

I dunno man, I was X'n while dropping a log, left the john and now all my Facebook and X posts are about air fresheners and scented poo po ree....