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> I am sorry, how is this different from Google recording my location data?

There is no difference. There is a fight for privacy against almost every big tech company. It became a norm for these companies to collect data in recent years. And we just realized how powerful and destructive it can be and everybody is fighting back.

Chinese are just under the spotlight because of the trade war and bold statements from Trump administration. Otherwise, many American tech companies are also accused of collecting data inside and outside the US including Google which is probably the worst.




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