Android's Messages, Dialer apps send text, call info to Google

Just read this on The Register tech website; can e.foundation confirm if this is mitigated in e?

"Android’s Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google

Hashed text, phone call logs collected without opt-out nor specific notice"

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/

Thank you,

NickP

Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/ the unGoogled mobile OS and online servicesphone

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from the very beginning of the article:

Google Messages (for text messaging) and Google Dialer (for phone calls) have been sending data about user communications to the Google Play Services Clearcut logger service and to Google’s Firebase Analytics service.

/e/ comes preinstalled with neither.

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